Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Book Being Made Into A Sitcom
ABC is turning Commander Chris Hadfield‘s book “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” into a sitcom. The network has ordered a pilot based on Hadfield’s post-space mission life.
Deadline reports that the series is described as “a family comedy about an astronaut who is back from space and finds that re-entering domestic life might be the hardest mission he’s ever faced.”
Hadfield was the first Canadian astronaut to command a mission on board the International Space Station. He was also the first Canadian to ever walk in space. His book was a New York Times best seller. His video of performing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” aboard the space station, along with his demonstrations videos of being in zero gravity were all viral hits.
Commander Chris Hadfield’s next mission will as a consulting producer on the sitcom.
