Chris Hadfield's 'Space Oddity' returns to YouTube, thanks to David Bowie

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Ground control to space and YouTube fans everywhere: Put your headphones back on. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's poignant in-orbit edition of David Bowie's classic "Space Oddity" is back on YouTube.

Six months ago, Hadfield was forced to pull his rendition from YouTube when his one-year agreement with Bowie expired. The clip shows him floating on the International Space Station, playing guitar and singing the 1969 hit.

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By the time it was pulled down, Hadfield's rendition of Space Oddity had amassed more than 23 million views. But now, in a post announcing the video's return, he wrote that he created the cover in part to show where we stand in terms of space exploration Read more...

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