 Colonel
Michael Mullane was born September 10, 1945, in
Wichita Falls, Texas, but he spent much of his youth
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides.
Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, he
was commissioned in the United States Air Force.
As a weapon systems operator aboard RF 4C Phantom
aircraft, he completed 150 combat missions in Vietnam.
He holds a Master of Science degree in aeronautical
engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology,
and he is also a graduate of the Air Force Flight
Test Engineer School at Edwards Air Force Base,
California.
Colonel Mullane was selected as a mission specialist
in 1978 in the first group of space shuttle astronauts.
He completed three space missions and logged 356
hours in space aboard the shuttles Discovery (STS41D)
and Atlantis (STS 27 & 36) before retiring from
NASA and the Air Force in 1990.
Colonel Mullane has been inducted into the International
Space Hall of Fame and is the recipient of many
awards, including the Air Force Distinguished Flying
Cross, the Legion of Merit, and the NASA Space Flight
Medal.
Since his retirement from NASA, Colonel Mullane
has written and published a major, hardcover novel:
RED SAY: A Novel of Love, Space & War, an award
winning children's book: Liftoff!: An Astronaut's
Dream; and Do Your Ears Pop In Space?, a popular
space fact book. He has also produced a video, The
Ten Thousand Nights Dream, that uniquely documents
the human drama associated with space flight. He
has also served as a host for Inside Space, a nationally
syndicated cable television program of the USA Network.
His wonderfully entertaining presentations of Stories
From Space have been eagerly solicited by organizations
of all kinds-from Fortune 500 companies to professional
associations; from societies to schools and universities.
As a professional speaker, Colonel Mullane has thrilled
tens of thousands of adults and half-a-million children
with his inspirational, motivational, and humorous
descriptions of the astronaut experience.
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