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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 AC 713 483-5111

Rh Jeff Carr Release No. 90-019

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.