After being in orbit for around five months, Canadian astronaut and rock star Chris Hadfield has returned to solid grounds on June 10 and announced that he will hanging his spacesuit to make way for new adventures in his life.

Hadfield, who had a little over a million followers in Twitter, while he was in command of around 35 missions for the International Space Station's Expedition finally announced his retirement from the Canadian Space Agency.

He began his career 35 years ago as an air cadet, and then moved to flying for military units like the NORAD, and then finally becoming an official astronaut in 1992. Along with two teammates, Hadfield landed on board Russian spacecraft in May 13 in Kazakhstan for their return trip from the space station.

The 53-year-old has also added with humility that he did not want to be in the way of two younger Canadian astronauts, Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques, who were awaiting their flights. Canada is not expected to send any other crew member to the station until the year 2016.

He announced during a Canadian Space Agency press conference that this was but a natural process for all astronauts, everyone is going to retire in their own time.

Chris Hadfield will officially take his leave from the agency on July 3, just two days after performing on a concert in the Parliament Hill in Ottawa during Canada’s national holiday. Hadfield is also an accomplished musician, and even played his guitar while weightless in orbit. After retirement, he plans to move back home to Canada while thinking of what adventure to do next.

Although during the conference he highlighted that he has not made any clear plans of what to do next. However, during an interview in a Canadian national radio program, he did express interest in more private and commercial projects.