In Chris Hadfield’s own words, he is, “safely home—back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity.”

The Canadian astronaut left Earth to live on the International Space Station (ISS) late last December.

He touched down in Kazakhstan on Monday at 10:31 p.m. (EDT), along with two other astronauts who had been on the ISS.

He will now undergo extensive medical testing to help his body adjust to life on Earth again.

In the five months he was living on the ISS, Chris Hadfield changed the way we all relate to space.

He opened up space-life to the ordinary public in a way that no one ever had before.

With the help of his son, Evan, he tweeted messages, took photos of the Earth, answered kids’ questions during assemblies, created music and made astounding videos of his life in space. He even took the time to help one university student with his physics homework!

Was there nothing this astronaut couldn’t do?

Before Hadfield left, he had 20,000 Twitter followers. He now has more than 914,000.

Source: Hadfield Arrives Back On Earth; Videos From His Incredible Journey