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Rice University's own Mike Massimino, a Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science professor, is preparing to take his second spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope on May 12, and he's got a lot to say about it. Known on Twitter as Astro_Mike, he began chronicling his preparations earlier this month. The details surrounding the training for a spaceflight are quite a compelling subject, as so far Astro_Mike has over 50,000 followers and counting. That's about 5 times as many followers as the Mars Rovers, and they're on another planet. more ›