26 Spaceman Mike Massimino Quotes (ASTRO MIKE)

Top 7 Mike Massimino Quotes – The Former NASA Astronaut

“Viewing our planet was so compelling. Words like beautiful and awesome just don’t do it justice. I felt that I was looking at a paradise. I was looking at heaven. I can’t imagine any place being more beautiful than our planet and how lucky we are to be able to live here.”
Mike Massimino

Because being the right person isn’t about being perfect; it’s about being able to handle whatever life throws at you.

You only have one life. You have to spend it doing something that matters.

If you can learn to live with indignities in life, you can go far.

That's how a team works. You help the people around you, and everybody's better off for it. — That’s how a team works. You help the people around you, and everybody’s better off for it.

I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.

“We were on the same team, where you want everyone around you to be as successful as possible because in some way or another their success will become your success. It’s good karma – what goes around comes around.”
Mike Massimino

19 Inspirational Mike Massimino Quotes About Life, Passion, and Space Travel

“And my thought looking down at the Earth was Wow. How much God our Father must love us that he gave us this home. He didn’t put us on Mars or Venus with nothing but rocks and frozen waste. He gave us paradise and said, “Live here.” It’s not easy to wrap your head around the origins and purpose of the universe, but that’s the best way I can describe the feelings I had.”
Mike Massimino

I applied to be an astronaut four times. I was rejected three times before I was accepted. So, it's about... following your dream and not giving up. — I applied to be an astronaut four times. I was rejected three times before I was accepted. So, it’s about… following your **dream** and not giving up.

You can learn a lot by getting knocked down, and I got knocked down over and over again. And every time I got up and kept going.

Life is funny. I'd applied to the wrong graduate program, but that eventually led me to the right grad program. — Life is funny. I’d applied to the wrong graduate program, but that eventually led me to the right grad program.

I realized wherever you are, if you make the most of what you've got, you can find a way to keep moving forward. — I realized wherever you are, if you make the most of what you’ve got, you can find a way to keep moving forward.

Life is not about achieving one great thing, because once that thing is over, life keeps going.

“The camaraderie that firefighters have, that brotherhood that forms among them – my father was a part of that, and it came from having a shared sense of purpose. He told me that whatever you do in life, it can’t just be about making money. It’s important that you work to make the world a better place, that you help improve the lives of the people around you.”
Mike Massimino

The important thing is having a passion, something you love doing, and the greatest joy in the world is that you get to wake up every day and do it.”

I know there were students in my class who were smarter than me, but I don’t know if there was anybody who worked harder than me.

I think the astronaut job is the best job in the world. I realized when I was older and started applying for it that it's a pretty cool job. — I think the astronaut job is the best job in the world. I realized when I was older and started applying for it that it’s a pretty cool job.

To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a person that can work with others and not give up. — To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it’s being a person that can work with others and not give up.

I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I'd be willing to risk everything for it. — I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I’d be willing to risk everything for it.

I wanted to know that if I ever got killed, I got killed doing something worthwhile.

“I remember standing in my front yard and staring up at the moon for the longest time, thinking, Wow, there are people up there, walking around. To a six-year-old kid in the suburbs on Long Island, it was the most awe-inspiring thing in the world. Something about it grabbed me down deep in my soul.”
Mike Massimino

The important thing in life is having a passion, something you really love doing, and you take joy in the fact that you get to wake up every day and do it.

If you work hard and get help from good friends, together you can overcome almost any challenge, no matter how great. — If you work hard and get help from **good friends**, together you can overcome almost any challenge, no matter how great.

Going to space doesn’t make you an astronaut. Being an astronaut means you’re ready to go to space.

It's important to go seek help when you need it, and to give help when other people need it. — It’s important to go seek help when you need it, and to give help when other people need it.

If you propose something, you’d better be ready to run it.

Mike Massimino Short Biography

Born 19 August 1962, in Oceanside, New York, United States, Michael James “Mike” Massimino is a former NASA astronaut and a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University.

He graduated with a degree in Industrial Engineering in 1984 from Columbia University. He furthered his studies, earning other degrees, and in 1992 earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.

Massimino found a job as a systems engineer at IBM and worked for the company from 1984 to 1986. In 1987 he started working for NASA as a general engineer in the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology.

In 1996, Mike Massimino became an official astronaut candidate for NASA and after two years of initial training, he was finally qualified to fly as a mission specialist.

In March 2002, Massimino had performed two spacewalks during the STS-109 Columbia mission flight. And in May 2009, Mike Massimino became the first person to tweet in space, he captioned “From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!” (source)

Upon leaving NASA, Massimino returned to his alma mater to teach an undergraduate engineering course. He is also currently the Senior Advisor for Space Programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. He is an author, and a frequent guest star on the hit TV show; The Big Bang Theory.

Top 7 Mike Massimino Quotes – The Former NASA Astronaut

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Mike Massimino Short Biography

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