Posted by Todd Andrews (starman@pobox.com)
Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut who had been aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for about five months from last December 19 returning to Earth on May 13. In addition to being the first Canadian Commander of the ISS, he is also the first person to Tweet a message from space using the Irish language known as Gaeilge.
This brief news item was published in the Irish Daily Mail on May 18, 2013: http://tinyurl.com/ns2a9f9
Details about his Tweet can be found at this link, published February 19, 2013 on the website of RTÉ (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster): http://tinyurl.com/bb7clhc
While onboard the ISS, he also did a cool tribute to David Bowie that you can watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo