An Astronaut's Life Lessons

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 6, 2023

Mike Massimino, NASA Astronaut (1996-2014), engineering professor at Columbia, advisor at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, and the author of Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible (Hachette Go, 2023), shares his story of overcoming hurdles to become an astronaut (and the first person to tweet from space!).

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