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Michael James Massimino [1] / ˌmæsɪˈmiːnoʊ / (born August 19, 1962) [2] is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut. He is the senior advisor of space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum .
An astronaut, the first person to tweet from space, a recurring character on The Big Bang Theory, and now a New York Times bestselling author, Mike grew up a working class kid whose seemingly unreachable dream of becoming an astronaut and flying in space was realized in an unlikely journey that was driven by determination and commitment, and ...
Mike Massimino, a former NASA astronaut, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
3 Dis 2023 · Mike Massimino set records in space travel, but his decade-journey to NASA taught him much more about how to live.
5 Dis 2023 · Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino shares important life lessons from his journey to joining the space program and achieving what, at times, felt like an...
5 Dis 2023 · The book, his third to date, is packed with stories and insights from Massimino’s life and career, including numerous rejections from NASA’s astronaut program, sending the first tweet from space, and appearing on the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
Mike Massimino teaches and advises research in spaceflight topics including human factors, robotics, extra-vehicular activity (spacewalking), displays and controls, and planetary exploration.
