Back in 1993, 20 years before his historic 166-day space voyage as the first Canadian Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield was a relatively unknown test pilot, one of 4 new Canadian astronauts. He and his family had just moved to Houston the year before to support his long-held dream of space travel. the fifth estate’s Hana Gartner talks to Hadfield’s parents and wife to find out why the Milton, Ontario boy had the right stuff. And she goes with Hadfield aboard a spaceship to find out what daily life in space entailed.

the fifth estate is celebrating our 40th season and we are taking a look back at some of the people and places we have featured on the program.

To celebrate our 40 years on the air, we’re doing something we’ve never done before : turn the cameras on ourselves. Join us on Secrets of the fifth estate. Tune in Thursday April 9th at 9 PM on CBC Television.

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