Mike Massimino and Adam Savage

Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996 until 2014 and flew in space twice: on missions STS-109 on space shuttle Columbia in March 2002 and STS-125 on space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009 – the final two Hubble Space Telescope-servicing missions. Mike became the first human to tweet from space, was the last human to work inside of Hubble, and set a team record with his crewmates for the most cumulative spacewalking time on a single space shuttle mission. Mike has a recurring role as himself on The Big Bang Theory. He currently is an engineering professor at Columbia University and an advisor at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Spaceman is his first book.

Adam Savage is an industrial special effects designer, actor, educator, and former co-host of The Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters and Unchained Reaction. His acting resume includes early work as voices for Sesame Street characters created by his father. Savage’s model work has appeared in major films, including Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and The Matrix Reloaded. He has also taught advance model making at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.

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