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, except the space shuttle launch photo, which is a NASA […]
The Long Shadow of Challenger
Copyright 2018 by Richard Mike Mullane, all rights reserved. Author of Riding Rockets, The outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut. “…NASA’s drive to achieve a launch schedule of 24-flights per year created pressure throughout the agency that directly contributed to unsafe launch operations.”…House Committee on the Challenger Disaster Like my earlier post, this entry is […]
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 […]