1. Michael James Massimino was born on August 19,1962 and is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut.
31 Facts About Mike Massimino
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Mike Massimino was born August 19,1962, in Oceanside, New York, and raised in Franklin Square, New York, both on Long Island.
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Mike Massimino graduated from H Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square, New York in 1980.
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Mike Massimino went on to attend Columbia University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering in 1984.
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Mike Massimino then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a Master of Science degree in Technology and Public Policy in 1988.
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Mike Massimino continued his education at MIT, earning a Degree of Mechanical Engineer in 1990 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in mechanical engineering in 1992.
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Mike Massimino's work resulted in the awarding of two patents.
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Mike Massimino received an MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1988, and MS in Technology and Policy from MIT in 1988.
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Mike Massimino received the Degree of Mechanical Engineer from MIT in 1990, and a Ph.
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Mike Massimino worked at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in Houston, Texas as a research engineer where he developed laptop computer displays to assist operators of the Space Shuttle remote manipulator system.
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In September 1995, Mike Massimino joined the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
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Mike Massimino has published papers in technical journals and in the proceedings of technical conferences.
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Mike Massimino completed two years of initial training and evaluation and qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist.
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Mike Massimino has served as a CAPCOM in Mission Control and performed other technical tasks in the Astronaut Office CAPCOM Branch.
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On July 29,2014, Mike Massimino announced that he would be leaving NASA to pursue a teaching career at Columbia University, in New York City.
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Mike Massimino performed two spacewalks totaling 14 hours and 46 minutes.
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At Columbia University, Mike Massimino is teaching an undergraduate engineering course, Introduction to Human Space Flight, which harnesses his years of academic and professional experience.
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Mike Massimino is collaborating on The Art of Engineering, a course in which all first-year engineers work on engineering projects with socially responsible themes.
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Mike Massimino's book, Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe, is a New York Times best-seller.
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September 17,2022 Mike Massimino was the Grand Marshal for the NYC Feast of San Gennaro.
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Mike Massimino is a frequent guest on television news and talk show programs, including NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, CNN, and Fox News.
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Mike Massimino has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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Mike Massimino appeared in another episode advising Howard Wolowitz not to throw out the opening pitch at a baseball game.
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Mike Massimino is a frequent guest on Neil deGrasse Tyson's podcast StarTalk, and has appeared on the TV version.
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Mike Massimino performed twice at a storytelling event of The Moth: on November 14,2012, he talked about the high stakes in the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope in A View of the Earth and on February 21,2017, he talked about the swimming test at the beginning of his astronaut training in Swimming with Astronauts.
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Mike Massimino makes a brief appearance at a Shuttle launch in Chapter XXIX of the 2012 novel A Hologram for the King, in which he discusses his experience in space.
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Mike Massimino was a guest in episode 414 of The Nerdist Podcast.
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Mike Massimino hosted an online companion series, Ask the Astronaut, in which he talked about his personal experiences of spaceflight.
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In 2019, Mike Massimino hosted a YouTube series for Wired where he discusses the differences between life on Earth and in space, discussing topics like Food, Sleep, and Hygiene.
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Mike Massimino voiced the NASA launch control official in the 2022 animated comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.
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In 2024, Mike Massimino was a guest speaker on the podcast Finding Mastery, called an astronaut's guide to achieving the impossible.