Interview with a Spaceman with Astronaut Mike Massimino

Published: July 30, 2018, 7 a.m.

b'Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket? Or to look back on the earth from outer space? Or to repair the Hubble Space Telescope? Join chair\\xa0Helen Keen\\xa0for an evening with\\xa0astronaut\\xa0Mike Massimino\\xa0as he looks back on his remarkable 18-year career as a NASA astronaut.\\n\\nMike Massimino\\xa0spent 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.\\nhttps://twitter.com/Astro_Mike\\n\\nCheck out our website: http://www.rigb.org/\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/Ri_Science\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution\\nAnd Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution'