Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield香蕉视频直播檚 famous photos from the International Space Station will soon be available to the public.
Hadfield donated more than 13,000 photos to Dalhousie University in Halifax, where they will be preserved and available for educational and research purposes.
Marlo MacKay of the Dalhousie Libraries says they will be available as of Thursday, when the university will hold a public launch.
Hadfield took 45,000 photographs while circling the world香蕉视频直播檚 continents during a five-month mission commanding the International Space Station that ended in May 2013.
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After the launch, the Chris Hadfield Space Photographs Collection will be open to the public through the Dalhousie Libraries香蕉视频直播� website.
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A Dalhousie researcher has created an interactive map using several hundred of the donated photos.
A compilation of about 200 photos by Hadfield was turned into a book: 香蕉视频直播淵ou Are Here: Around The World in 92 Minutes.香蕉视频直播�
The Canadian Press
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