Michael James Massimino
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | May 1, 1996 ( 16th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
March 1, 2002 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
May 24, 2009 |
| Time in space: | 23d 19h 47min |
| EVA inserts: | 4th |
| EVA total duration: | 30h 32min |
| retired on | July 28, 2014 |
| Space flights | |
Michael James Massimino (born August 19, 1962 in Oceanside , New York , United States ) is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former astronaut .
Start of career
Massimino graduated from H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, New York in 1980. He first studied at the Columbia University in New York and received in 1984 a Bachelor as an industrial engineer . He then studied mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He received his master's degree in 1988 and his doctorate in 1992.
Massimino then went to McDonnell Douglas as a research engineer . At the same time, he taught mechanical engineering at Rice University and the Georgia Institute of Technology . His research resulted in two patents.
NASA
In 1996 he was elected to the 16th astronaut group of NASA , before that he had already applied unsuccessfully for the 15th astronaut group. He was trained as a mission specialist for two years, although he had been working on the side at NASA since 1987. He specializes in portable computers for work in space.
In the meantime he also worked at NASA as a liaison speaker ( Capcom ).
STS-109
He made his first flight into space from March 1 to 12, 2002 with the Columbia to the Hubble space telescope . Maintenance work was carried out, including the replacement of the control system and the solar panels. He made two space exits on this mission .
STS-125
Massimino's second mission to the Hubble Space Telescope started on May 11, 2009 aboard Atlantis . During two space exits, Massimino reactivated the Space Telescope Imaging Spectograph (STIS) by repairing it. Here he had to tear off a handle from the Hubble telescope because a bolt could not be loosened. The landing took place on May 24, 2009 at Edwards Air Force Base .
According to NASA
Massimino left NASA on July 28, 2014 for a position at Columbia University in New York.
Trivia
Massimino made several guest appearances on the US sitcom The Big Bang Theory .
Summary
| No. | mission | function | Flight date | Flight duration |
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| 1. | STS-109 | Mission specialist | 1st - 12th March 2002 | 10d 22h 09min |
| 2. | STS-125 | Mission specialist | 11.-24. May 2009 | 12d 21h 38min |
Private
Massimino is married and has two children. His hobbies are baseball, home improvement, family activities, camping, and acting as a sports coach for children.
See also
- List of spacemen
- Country statistics of manned spaceflight
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of space exits
Web links
- Short biography of Michael James Massimino at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Michael James Massimino (English; PDF)
- Biography of Michael James Massimino in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- NASA: Page to the mission STS-125 (English)
- Michael James Massimino in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA: Astronaut Mike Massimino Departs NASA for University Position. In: NASA Release 14-207. July 29, 2014, accessed August 17, 2014 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Massimino, Michael James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th August 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oceanside , New York |