Space Oddity

Ground control to Major Tom

Ground control to Major Tom

Lock your Soyuz hatch and put your helmet on

Ground control to Major Tom

Commencing countdown engines on

Detach from station and may God's love be with you

This is ground control to Major Tom

You've really made the grade

and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear

But it's time to guide the capsule if you dare

This is Major Tom to ground control

I've left forevermore

And I'm floating in most peculiar way

And the stars look very different today

For here am I sitting in a tin can

Far above the world

The planet Earth is blue and there's nothing left to do

Though I've flown one hundred thousand miles

I'm feeling very still

And before too long I know it's time to go

Our commander comes down back to earth, and knows

Ground control to Major Tom

The time is near, there's not too long

Can you hear me Major Tom?

Can you hear me Major Tom?

Can you hear me Major Tom?

Can you hear...

Here am I floating in my tin can

A last glimpse of the world

The planet Earth is blue and there's nothing left to do

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.