Space odyssey ends in a most peculiar way

A Canadian astronaut whose daughter, Kristin, 26, attends university in Ireland, has said goodbye to life on the International Space Station by making a cover version of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’.

Commander Chris Hadfield, who married his wife Helene in 1981 and has three adult children — Kristin, Evan, and Kyle — chose the sci-fi classic as the swan-song for his five-month mission aboard the station. It has already been viewed more than 2m times.