Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has made sure his exit from space reaches rock star status. The spaceship commander has bid farewell to his life in space with a music video covering David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”

Hadfield posted a video of himself playing the guitar and singing the 1969 song while in floating in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station Expedition 25.

His poignant version of the song has sparked over 3.8 million views on YouTube, with viewers praising Hadfield for his soulful voice. Commenters also admired shots in the video, particularly those that shows our planet in the background while Hadfield sings by the window.

He recorded the vocals and guitar in space, while people back on earth provided the other musical accompaniments.

Bowie himself has endorsed Hadfield’s version on his Facebook page.

Hadfield has amassed quite a following on his social media sites after posting video updates and literally out-of-this-world scenic images of his expedition in space. His YouTube videos aim to inform viewers on how things work up there, including how they sleep inside their spaceship, how to open a soda on the ocean floor, or even how to clip nails in space.

What made his videos interesting to millions of viewers is that they show the cool stuff instead of boring lectures. Not a lot of people want to delve into the science of space exploration, but many would be interested on seemingly mundane things like why it’s hard to cry when there’s no gravity.

Along with astronauts Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko, Hadfield returned to earth today, after two months of living in space. A Soyuz space capsule carrying the crew landed safely on Kazakhstan.

As Forbes noted, the trio are unlikely to go back to space after the Canadian government has cut the budget for their space programmes.

Watch Hadfield’s rendition of Space Oddity here:

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