.svg){kind=logo}
News
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas 77058
AC 713 483-5111
For Release
Jeff Carr
Feb. 20, 1990
Release No. 90-019
Immediate
Mullane to Retire From NASA, Air Force
Effective July 1, 1990, Colonel Richard M. Mullane will retire from NASA and the Air Force.
Mullane was selected as a mission specialist astronaut in 1978 and has flown two Space Shuttle missions. His third flight is scheduled for launch Thursday aboard Atlantis.
He flew on Discovery's maiden flight, STS 41-D in August 1984 and on the third flight of Atlantis, STS-27, in December 1988.
After leaving NASA and the Air Force, Mullane will return to his hometown of Albuquerque, NM.
# # #
