NASA shirt Worn by Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman on the International Space Station

Money will go towards the purchase of astronomy material for Harvard astronomy students.

Donated by: Astronaut and MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman

Jeffrey Hoffman is the Professor of the Practice of Aerospace Engineering at MIT. Hoffman flew five missions aboard the Space Shuttle, logging more than 1,211 hours and 21.5 million miles in space, including the first mission to repair the Hubble Telescope in 1993. Dr. Hoffman was Payload Commander of STS-46, the first flight of the US-Italian Tethered Satellite System. He has performed four spacewalks, including the first unplanned, contingency spacewalk in NASA’s history. He received his B.A. from Amherst College, his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and his M.S. from Rice University.