[Ammi]

..I didn't know whether to put this in music or chat and games..but anyway, this guy is just so, so cool...and Bowie's tweet...pure class, both of them......

Youtube video

If anyone were qualified to cover David Bowie's Space Oddity it would surely be astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Which is exactly what the mustachioed Canadian has done, recording a showstopping rendition of the classic tune on board the International Space Station as he prepares to descend back to Earth this week after a five-month mission in space.

Hadfield, who has been referred to as the "coolest guy in outer space", has outdone himself in his latest stunt among the stars, posting a five-minute clip on YouTube in which he performs the 1969 classic

The clip shows the 53-year-old veteran astronaut spinning around the cabin of the space station and playing his guitar while floating in zero gravity

He sings "I'm floating in a most peculiar way", while floating in zero gravity. Stunning views of the earth are visible from the space station's windows for much of the clip.

Hadfield's efforts have earned him the adoration of the internet, and the praise of Bowie himself, who tweeted "Hallo Spaceboy . . ."

[Shaun]

oooh the first music video in space.

I'm glad he beat someone like will.i.am. or Muse to do it

[Ammi]

...this is gettng close to 4 million views already..........

[Cherie]

I saw this on the news last night, he has a pretty good voice.