Spacecraft with Chris Hadfield docks with space station

The Russian space capsule carrying Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and two colleagues docked today at the International Space Station.

The spacecraft carrying Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and cosmonaut Roman Romanenko linked up with the space station's Rassvet module at 9:09 a.m. ET.

A welcome ceremony will begin at 11:15 a.m. ET.

During his five-month visit, Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the giant orbiting space laboratory when he takes over in mid-March.

It's a task that former Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk says will be challenging.

He says the 53-year-old Hadfield will have to maintain crew morale and make sure the crew paces itself, adding that the long duration stay is a marathon, not a sprint

Thirsk spent six months on the space station in 2009 — a record for a Canadian astronaut.

He also says that being away from family can be tough on astronauts who spend a long period of time on the space station.

This is Hadfield's third space journey.

His first space trip was in November 1995 when he visited the Russian Space Station Mir.

His second voyage was a visit to the International Space Station in April 2001, when he also performed two spacewalks.

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