Description: (Engineer, Astronaut)
Michael J. Massimino, a mechanical engineering professor at Columbia University, is a former NASA astronaut with a distinguished career in space exploration. Currently serving as the senior advisor of space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, he is known for his expertise in space engineering. Massimino has flown two Space Shuttle missions to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, making significant contributions to the field of aerospace technology through his work both in academia and at NASA.