Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996 until
2014 and flew in space twice: STS-109 on space shuttle Columbia in
March 2002 and STS-125 on space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009 – the
final two Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Mike
became the first human to tweet from space, was the last human to
work inside of Hubble, and set a team record with his crewmates for
the most cumulative spacewalking time in a single space shuttle
mission.
Mike has a recurring role as himself on The Big Bang Theory;
appears regularly on late night talk shows, news programs, and
documentaries; and is a much sought after inspirational
speaker. He received his BS from the Columbia University
School of Engineering, and his two MS’s and Ph.D. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He currently
lives in New York City where he is an engineering professor at
Columbia and an advisor at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.
“Every generation of astronauts needs a storyteller -- a person
with wit, humor, and passion who has lived our collective dreams of
space exploration and returned to tell us all about it. Mike
Massimino is that person. He's that astronaut. And this is his
story.”—Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Mike Massimino writes about space with an astronaut's eye and an
engineer's precision. You'll be impressed with his journey and his
perspective on where a well-developed space program can take us in
the future.”—Senator John Glenn
“Inspired by moonwalkers, Mike grew up, became an astronaut, and
fixed the Hubble Space Telescope, all while remaining some kinda’
humble. You can’t help but follow him from Long Island to the
bottom of the spacewalk practice pool, then 350 miles up and back.
He’s a spaceman through and through; he tells how hard work can
take you out of this world.”—Bill Nye, the Science Guy, CEO of the
Planetary Society
“Massimino's incredible journeys, filled with grit, courage,
suspense and thrills, are told with such candor and delight, that
for a brief moment I felt I’d finally made it to space too. Read
this book and be inspired to reach for the impossible.” —Brian
Greene, Columbia University, author of The Fabric of the Cosmos
"An engaging and uplifting memoir that's sure to give readers a
deeper appreciation for the U.S. space program and inspire some
future astronauts." —Publishers Weekly
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