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    Astronauts, Family Trees, and Drips

    A special live event from Cooper Union. Andrew Solomon describes his circuitous route to becoming a dad, a cellist makes a disturbing discovery about a neighbor, and astronaut Michael J. Massimino details his high stakes mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

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    Sep 20, 2015 • 1 min read

    A special live event from Cooper Union. Andrew Solomon describes his circuitous route to becoming a dad. Cellist Marika Hughes (pictured) finds herself surrounded by death in a Brooklyn apartment. And astronaut Michael J. Massimino details his high stakes mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Hosted by Jay Allison.

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