hadfield: social media is fairly new. both poorly understood and poorly used almost universally but it has tremendous potential as a means of communication. it is a two way communication with the world, which no one has figured out what to do with it yet. katty: they told you to go up and communicate? cmdr. hadfield: it was interesting to look at what i'm doing through the eyes of my kids. how come you're not telling anyone about what you're doing? it is in the newspapers. they do not read the newspapers. if you want to use social media you should always ask someone after eight. if you're 25, ask a 12-year-old because they are using it anymore revolutionary wave in your. katty: i asked my nine-year-old. we would be missing an opportunity if we didn't talk about space odyssey. ♪ cmdr. hadfield: it was a crown sourced -- crown sourced idea. it was not my idea. i had never played a bowie to do my life. my brother and i had written a christmas care from space so i slapped and ipad on the wall and i played it in one take. my s

if you know the internet at all you've probably seen the face of commander chris hadfield.e to interview him. >> making space travel and this whole idea so cool again. it's fantastic. >> give us a with it into his world and a way for those of us that aren't living on the international space station to kind of have an understanding of what that experience is like and maybe imagine ourselves in space one day. >> and i had a chance to talk to him about all those amazing things. let's take a look. >> five four three two one and liftoff. tom and ivan and chris making their way to the international space station. >> international space station has long been a paragon of mystery, that is until one man brought it back down to earth. >> chocolate pudding cake, looks like it too. not bad. it is going to be hard to eat. going to be messy. >> chris hadfield the former commander of the international space station spent 166 days in space. but he didn't spend his time just doing experiments. instead he turned the space station into something really cool. he recorded videos that went crazy

chris hadfield, former commander of the international space station spent 166 days in space. he didn't spend time just doing experiments. he turned the space station into something cool. he recorded videos that went crazy viral, and bringing space into america's living rooms. not your usual astronaut. >> vegetables are important to your health. today i chose tried spinach. stick in the straw, fix it up. hot. i have a nice wet tooth brush. when you do the ringing off the towel. my mind was broken, i showed it to everyone. >> it's prookay ty. if you grab a glass of water and i tip it over everyone assumes what will happen if something unexpected happens, if the water supt spill out or it floats in my hand is startling. the beauty of being startled it changes your thought and perspectives. >> reporter: it's the little things that hadfield highlights perfectly. take getting ready to sleep. >> in my supercomfy russian full-length pyjamas. when it's bedtime you turn off the light, and float into your sleeping bag. we sleep in a sleep stakes like a phone booth. you close the doors a

retired colonel chris hadfield wowed us with his zero gravity version of "space oddity." to the stars in "an astronaut's guide to life on earth" now uh in paperback. welcome back to the show former astronaut of the canadian space agency colonel chris hadfield. glad to have uh you back. >> thanks. glad to be back. >> when you are in space what do you miss the most about earth? >> you miss random food. >> psych le acycle appearances? >> i have had my share actually. randomness of food. some day nothing in the shelf looks good but you don't have a choice up there. >> is it bad? >> the food is okay. but it's a repeating diet. >> what are you eating there in that video. >> that's a brownie out of a el military rations package. >> looks good. >> are you hungry snoo. >> you missed physical contact, giving somebody a hug. it was a secular kind of existence up there. >> when you're up there, what is the feeling and impact on the body? how is it different from being down here? >> it's like magic actually. >> it's bizarre being able to fly. at first you just laugh. when the engines

. >> ♪ ground control ♪ mike: chris hadfield is better known as the singing astronaut after this videot viral. >> hubble has rewritten almost or created almost an entire art form of itself. mike: at the space and air museum, visitors gaze up at a replica and admire the images that we've saved. tonight, the museum will celebrate hubble's anniversary with a private event for astronauts examine others. tonight, they will host a family day with hubble related activities for all ages. on the national mall mike conneen, abc 7 news. leon: that's so fascinating. every time, imagine how much more we have to learn and how much more there is out there for us to learn. alison: as a meteorologist, i'm sure it's so interesting to you. doug: as much as we see and learn, we're only seeing that much. that's the amazing part. what's beyond that? it's fun. all right. let's get started. i know it's beyond the clear skies tonight. some rain possibly tomorrow but we're going to start with really a pretty image here. this is the chesapeake bay resort up in chesapeake beach in northern calvert county on the c