Published on Mar 15, 2013 Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency discussed life and research aboard the International Space Station with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and students gathered at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, during an in-flight event March 15ing the first Canadian commander of the orbital complex March 13 during a Change of Command ceremony in which he took the reins of the laboratory from NASA`s Kevin Forde home in mid-May after five months in space.