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MOONSHOT
A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible
Based on thrilling, firsthand accounts of space exploration, MOONSHOT offers actionable insights on getting the little things right to accomplish our biggest goals
When you think of a NASA astronaut, the image that probably comes to mind is one an athletic hero, charismatic, ready to take on the stars. But former NASA astronaut-turned-business-speaker Mike Massimino was pretty much the opposite. He was the underdog, one of the weakest swimmers during NASA training and a "gangly, scrawny, working-class kid from Long Island with bad eyesight and a fear of heights." Still, after working hard and working smart, Massimino made it to the International Space Station and had a successful career as an astronaut. He is the first person to tweet from space, a professor at Columbia University, and expert speaker, who delivers lessons for teamwork, innovation, and leadership to the average person.
MOONSHOT shares Massimino's hard-earned lessons and how to apply them in work and life. Using humor and a unique storytelling ability, he inspires readers to identify the passion in their work, use teamwork and innovation to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing a goal. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike operates as our mission control to navigate us as we achieve our own personal and professional moonshots.
Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996-2014 and flew in space twice: STS-109 on space shuttle Columbia in March 2002 and STS-125 on space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009the final two Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. He was the last human to work inside of Hubble, and set a team record with his crewmates for the most cumulative spacewalking time in a single space shuttle mission. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Columbia University School of Engineering, and his two Master of Science degrees, and PhD, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He currently lives in New York City where he is an engineering professor at Columbia and an advisor at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. With a following of over 1.1 million on Twitter, he'll leverage his highly engaged following to promote. He also has had a recurring role as himself on the beloved tv show The Big Bang Theory and appears regularly as a guest on news programs and documentaries.
Rights to Mike Massimino's previous book, Spaceman, sold to:
UK (S&S)
Taiwan (Faces Publications)
Poland (Agora)
Russia (Alpina)
China (Grand China Publishing House)
France (Editions JPO)
Turkey (April)
MOONSHOT shares Massimino's hard-earned lessons and how to apply them in work and life. Using humor and a unique storytelling ability, he inspires readers to identify the passion in their work, use teamwork and innovation to solve problems, provide leadership in the face of adversity, and never give up when pursuing a goal. Written with characteristic wit and a big heart, Mike operates as our mission control to navigate us as we achieve our own personal and professional moonshots.
Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996-2014 and flew in space twice: STS-109 on space shuttle Columbia in March 2002 and STS-125 on space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009the final two Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. He was the last human to work inside of Hubble, and set a team record with his crewmates for the most cumulative spacewalking time in a single space shuttle mission. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Columbia University School of Engineering, and his two Master of Science degrees, and PhD, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He currently lives in New York City where he is an engineering professor at Columbia and an advisor at the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. With a following of over 1.1 million on Twitter, he'll leverage his highly engaged following to promote. He also has had a recurring role as himself on the beloved tv show The Big Bang Theory and appears regularly as a guest on news programs and documentaries.
Rights to Mike Massimino's previous book, Spaceman, sold to:
UK (S&S)
Taiwan (Faces Publications)
Poland (Agora)
Russia (Alpina)
China (Grand China Publishing House)
France (Editions JPO)
Turkey (April)
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