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Cdr. Chris Hadfield bids farewell with "Space Oddity" cover

Commander Chris Hadfield has done it all from space: He has tweeted, he has worked out, he has brushed his teeth and he has cried.

And on his last night on board the International Space Station, Hadfield released a video cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" -- a very impressive, professionally produced one, too. Hadfield thanks singer-songwriter Emm Gryner, music producer Joe Corcoran, video Andrew Tidby and son Evan Hadfield for all pitching in on the effort.

Hadfield, who became the first Canadian to command on the ISS in March, is handing the reins of the expedition to fellow astronaut Pavel Vinogradov of Russia. He'll be returning to Earth from his five-month journey Monday between 9:30 pm and 11:00 pm ET with Russian Roman Romanenko and American Thomas Marshburn.

"Enormous thanks to everybody on Earth who makes this possible," Hadfield said in a separate video. "It's been a very special time for us on board."

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