Not the latest of his viral videos, but one that shouldn't be missed here: Cmdr. Chris Hadfield on pickin' Larrivée Parlor in Space.

Here's the viral one ;-) -- A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

Former Bowie band member and fellow Canadian Emm Gryner collaborated and wrote this about it on her blog:

When Chris brought up collaborating while he was on this current mission I of course said YES with a capital Y E S and we went back and forth for a while figuring out what our collaboration might entail. When he told me he wanted to cover Space Oddity I was over the moon - pardon the pun.

About 10 years ago, I had sung with David Bowie in his band. I was so young David used to say i was "pure as the driven snow" and he'd have to explain song lyrics to me very patiently like a Dad. He'd put up with me roller-sneakering all over the place and I'd adoringly listen to him tell wacky stories about the 70's. Mick Jagger would come to our shows and dance like a crazy drunk relative. Pete Townsend would pop into rehearsal. It was a magic time but we never did play "Space Oddity". It has always been one of my all-time favourite songs.

The task was in front of me. I came up with a piano part. i then enlisted my friend, producer and fellow Canadian Joe Corcoran to take my piano idea and Chris' vocal and blow it up into a fully produced song. Drums! mellotrons! fuzz bass! We also incorporated into the track ambient space station noises which Chris had put on his Soundcloud. I was mostly blown away by how pure and earnest Chris' singing is on this track. Like weightlessness and his voice agreed to agree.

And voila! An astronaut sings Space Oddity in space! I was so honoured to be asked to be a part of this. You wouldn't get too many chances to make a recording like this and not only that, to make music with someone who - through his vibrant communications with kids in schools to his breathtaking photos to his always patient and good-humoured demeanour - has done more for science and space than anyone else this generation. Planet earth IS blue, and there's nothing left for Chris Hadfield to do. Right.

Safe travels home Commander!

Hadfield returns to Earth today. Cuts in the Canadian space program mean that he may not return to space again. He's been an amazing ambassador for the ISS.

~ Becky in Long Beach