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Astronaut Chris Hadfield has shared a video of him performing a cover of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' - while in outer space.
Hadfield is ending his five month mission aboard the International Space Station and chose to cover the classic Bowie song as his final goodbye. The song is set to a full arrangement, which was recorded on earth by producer Joe Corcoran and piano arranger Emm Gryner, but the vocals and guitar were recorded in space.
The astronaut posted the video on his Twitter account, writing, "With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.
"Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of @emmgryner, Joe Corcoran and @Tidby, plus @Evan_Hadfield and all at the CSA."
David Bowie's official Twitter account also shared a link to the video, writing, "Hallo Spaceboy..."
Watch the video below
However, Hadfield did not include the part of the song which sees Major Tom's spaceship go out of control - choosing instead to change the words from "Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do," to "Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing left to do."
The video sees Hadfield become the first person ever to record a music video in space. The clip was recorded in response to a request from website Reddit.
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