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Mike Massimino
@Astro_Mike
Former @NASA Astronaut, NY Times Best Selling Author of #Spaceman, Professor at @Columbia, Sr. Advisor @IntrepidMuseum
New York, NY
Joined April 2009
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    From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!
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    Neil Armstrong always went to great lengths reminding people that it took thousands of men and women working together to make him the first person on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission patch is the only patch in NASA history to not have the crewmembers' names on it because Neil and
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    I am so sad to hear about the passing of my hero Jim Lovell. He was a great role model not only as an astronaut, but also as a person who exemplified a life well lived - both professionally and personally. He will be missed by many, Godspeed my friend.
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    Congratulations to @richardbranson and the @virgingalactic team for making it to space today!
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    So how do you think my Lego version compares to the original?
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    Congratulations to the entire cast & crew of @bigbangtheory for 12 years and 12 great seasons. Thank you for all the laughs and for letting me be part of the fun for a couple episodes. #TBT #BigBangTheory
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    Seventeen years ago today I stepped outside of space shuttle Columbia for my first spacewalk on @NASAHubble, I experienced the beautiful view of our planet, and have thought about that day every day since.
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    #otd in 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon - perhaps the greatest engineering and science accomplishment in history and the inspiration for me at age 6 to want to grow up to be an astronaut. Congratulations to all the thousands of people who made it
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    Scariest moment of my life... today in 2009, @NASA instructed me to rip the handrail off @NASAHubble, to save STIS. #STS125
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    #OTD in 1984 this amazing photo was taken of @NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to go on a spacewalk without a tether. I asked Bruce what that felt like, he said that when he was far from the space shuttle he got really, really cold - he was one cool guy!
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    My @nasa astronaut class (the Sardines) had our 25th reunion over zoom today, one of our classmates @Astro_Soichi zoomed in from the @Space_Station, great to see my friends, wonderful memories