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 […]
40th Anniversary of the Astronaut Class of 1978…the TFNGs
40th Anniversary of the Astronaut Class of 1978…the TFNGs by R. Mike Mullane (NASA Astronaut, Ret.) copyright 2018 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. January 16, 2018 will mark a […]
Infinite Horizons
Several weeks ago, I was on a business trip to New Zealand. Looking from the window during the day portion of the nearly 13-hour nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Auckland, my memory was refreshed on the unrelieved immensity of the Pacific Ocean. It was an immensity I first came to appreciate during my rookie […]
