Interview with a Spaceman - with Mike Massimino

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Ever wondered what it would be like to be strapped to a giant rocket? Or to look back on the earth from outer space? Or to repair the Hubble Space Telescope? Mike Massimino looks back on his remarkable career as an astronaut. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Mike's autobiography "Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe" is available to buy now - https://geni.us/LnOej27 Helen Keen talks to astronaut Mike Massimino about his remarkable 18-year career as a NASA astronaut. Mike Massimino spent 18 years as a Nasa astronaut and flew on two shuttle missions. On both occasions he performed spacewalks outside the shuttle to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Since returning to Earth and retiring from Nasa, he now works as a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University in New York. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link. #SpaceInterview, #MikeMassimino, #AstronautStories, #NASAExploration, #SpacewalkExperience

Published 2017-01-11 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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