Copyright 2021 by Astronaut Richard ‘Mike’ Mullane, all rights reserved. 2020 started as all New Years do…with resolutions that THIS will finally be the year we will exercise more, lose weight, finish that novel, etc. Little did we realize, as the last notes of Auld Lang Syne were fading, we would soon be denied that […]
Challenger Remembered, by Patrick Mullane
Excerpted from the book, ‘The Father, Son and Holy Shuttle: Growing up an Astronaut’s Kid in the Glorious ’80s’, by Patrick Mullane, copyright (c) 2020 by Patrick Mullane CHAPTER 13: COLD DAY “Pat – you need to go to Mr. Neil’s office.” Ms. Trahan, my economics teacher, had just taken a note from Angela, a […]
Motivational Video for Students in Virus Quarantine
Recognizing how difficult it might be for many students to stay focused on their studies while quarantined at home, I have prepared a 15-minute motivational video (link below). The attached image is part of the video. It is a reproduction of the the introductory page from my report on my 1960 high school science fair […]
A Vietnam Vet’s Apollo 11 Memories
by Astronaut Richard ‘Mike’ Mullane, Copyright 2019 by Richard Mike Mullane, all rights reserved. Author of Riding Rockets, The outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut. Autographed copies of Riding Rockets can be ordered from the Online Store on this website. Photos are from author’s personal family archives. It was good to see the news coverage given to […]
My Road to Vietnam – Early Childhood
My Road to Vietnam – Early Childhood, by Astronaut Richard ‘Mike’ Mullane, Copyright 2018 by Richard Mike Mullane, all rights reserved. Author of Riding Rockets, The outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut. Autographed copies of Riding Rockets can be ordered from the Online Store on this website. Some photos in this blog are obviously from my personal […]
REUNION
REUNION By Astronaut Richard ‘Mike’ Mullane, Copyright 2018 by Richard Mike Mullane, all rights reserved. Author of Riding Rockets, The outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut. Autographed copies of Riding Rockets can be ordered from the Online Store on this website. (Photos which are not the author’s are either public domain or used with the […]
Who’s a Hero?
by R. Mike Mullane (NASA Astronaut, Ret.) © 2017 All Rights Reserved Author, Riding Rockets, the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut. Autographed copies can be ordered via Mullane’s website store: www.MikeMullane.com “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a true American hero…Astronaut Mike Mullane!” Applause carries me to the stage and I start my program. Whenever I […]
Taking Our Humanity to Mars
by R. Mike Mullane (NASA Astronaut, Ret.) © 2017 All Rights Reserved Author, Riding Rockets, the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut. Autographed copies can be ordered via Mullane’s website store: www.MikeMullane.com Recently, as I was sitting at my desk, my wife came to me, leaned down, put her arms around me, kissed the top […]
“Until death do us part.”
“Until death do us part.” Most of us have uttered those words, or some version of them, in various wedding rites and, as we did so, we probably gave little thought to the enormity of commitment which they embodied, i.e., to live with somebody forever, as in FOREVER. It was fifty years ago this […]
Not thinking ’bout tomorrow…
NOT THINKING ‘BOUT TOMORROW… by Astronaut (Ret.) Richard “Mike” Mullane © copyright 2017 by Richard M. Mullane And we were trying different things We were smoking funny things Making love out by the lake to our favorite song Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ’bout tomorrow Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long…. ‘All […]
