Astronaut On Campus: Former Georgia Tech Professor Who Helped Install New Hubble Space Camera Drops By

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On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, one of the astronauts who installed the new Hubble camera - former Georgia Tech professor Mike Massimino - will come to campus to talk with a select group of area elementary school children, Tech students, faculty and staff. During the presentation, Massimino, who will be dressed in his flight suit, will talk about what it was like to live in space for 10 days and perform some of the most challenging spacewalks ever attempted. He will also show a video of the mission, answer questions from the audience and hand out space ice cream, patches and pencils to the elementary students.

Read about it within the GT News & Information website.

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  • Created By: Barbara Christopher
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Apr 30, 2002 - 8:00pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 11:06pm