Imagine looking back at Earth from space and seeing the precise line between day and night. Massimino has done just that, and in his memoir, Spaceman, he puts readers inside the spacesuit with him. A professor of professional practice in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, he grew up in a working class Long Island family dreaming of space and was rejected by NASA three times. In his memoir, Massimino takes readers through the surreal beauty of his first spacewalk, the tragedy of losing friends in the Columbia shuttle accident, and the development of his enduring love for the Hubble Telescope. Spaceman is a rare up close journey into a world where science meets the most thrilling adventure, revealing just what having “the right stuff” really means.
