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12 quotes by Michael J. Massimino

Michael James "Mike" Massimino (born August 19, 1962) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who is now a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University. Massimino is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, both of which serviced the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), including the historic final repair mission.
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The reason we have the stars twinkle at night is because the light is being kind of blurred by the atmosphere around the Earth. That is why the... →

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I had always been interested in the space program, and I didn't know if I could be an astronaut like I'd dreamt about when I was a little kid... →

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The Earth - from our altitude at Hubble, we're 350 miles up. We can see the curvature. We can see the roundness of our home, our home planet. And... →

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I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.

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Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a cool... →

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For me, the Earth had always been a kind of a safe haven, you know, where I could go to work or be in my home or take my kids to school. But I... →

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In New York, the Mets are winning the World Series in 1969; that was pretty big, but I would say the moon landing was right up there with the Mets in... →

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My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot... →

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The thing I remember most about space is the view from the spacewalk. When I was inside the space shuttle and looking through the window, you can see... →

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I think the astronaut job is the best job in the world. I realized when I was older and started applying for it that it's a pretty cool job.

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Being outside during the space walk, the view of the Earth is just spectacular, and getting a chance to do that is just unbelievable, everything... →

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I saw this movie 'The Right Stuff' when I was in college, and it really rekindled my interest in being an astronaut. I started taking those... →

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