Former astronaut, ISS Commander and current record holder, Chris Hadfield, spoke to Guinness World Records’ Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday at the Festival of Marketing - an event in London at which he was a headline speaker earlier this month.
 
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Hadfield talks to Craig about his first spacewalk, going blind, his childhood desire to walk on the moon, and shares advice on how to pursue big dreams, proving himself to be a truly inspirational record breaker.
 
 
In 2013, the Canadian music lover earned a title for the First music video filmed in space after posting a video to YouTube of him singing a modified version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”, shot during his last mission on board the International Space Station (ISS).
 
The internet sensation showed Hadfield floating around inside the ISS with his guitar, with Earth visible through the station’s cupola window.
 
 
The high-altitude music video was a huge hit back on Earth, and Hadfield amassed some 770,000 Twitter followers during his time on the ISS—including a tweet from Bowie himself.
 
As of August 7, 2015, the video had been watched a staggering 26,141,775 times on YouTube.
 
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Asked for tips on how to become the best in the world, Chris’ thought-provoking advice is: “Give yourself some goal in life that is right on the edge of impossible, because, even though you may not climb all though peaks or invent that thing, the choices you’re going to make in pursuit of that goal will actually change who you are.”
 
He continued: “I think challenge is a wonderful thing to have in life, and, like everyone else on the planet, I have read through the Guinness World Records book and been amazed at some of the things people have accomplished.”
 
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Chris' cosmic milestone features in the Guinness World Records 2016 book alongside hundreds of jaw-dropping space-related facts and feats.