Spaceman: Mike Massimino

You may know the bods at The Royal Institution for their annual December lectures, but science is for life, not just for Christmas, and they hold talks all year round. In October, Mike Massimino will talk about his experience as a Nasa astronaut. In his 18-year stint he went on two shuttle missionsand repaired the Hubble Space Telescope twice. Find out what it’s like be flung into space in a giant rocket from a man who actually knows.