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Science & Technology
Mike Massimino
b. 1962Oceanside, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
NASA astronaut who serviced the Hubble Space Telescope and became a prominent public science communicator.
Notable For
- Two Space Shuttle missions (STS-109, STS-125)
- Performed Hubble repair spacewalks
- First astronaut to tweet from space
Honors & Recognition
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- NASA Space Flight Medal
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Science & Technology
- Years
- b. 1962
- Birth Place
- Oceanside, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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