Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996 until 2014 and flew in space twice: STS-109 on space convey Columbia in Mar 2002 and STS-125 on space convey Atlantis in May 2009 – a final dual Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. In book“>Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock a Secrets of a Universe, Massimino talks about his prolonged and circuitous trail to apropos an astronaut, from flunking his initial doctoral examination during MIT, to being deserted 3 times by NASA before creation it by a final turn of wanderer selection, and finally creation it to a Hubble Telescope.
Events: On Wednesday, Oct 5th during 7 p.m., Mike Massimino will be in review with Jeffrey Kugler, followed by a QA and book signing during a Intrepid Sea, Air, Space Museum (Pier 86, W. 46th St. 12th Ave.) It’s giveaway and open to a open RSVP requested.
