Ed Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C, February 21, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-8536) Jeff Carr Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 713/483-5111) RELEASE: 90-28 ASTRONAUT 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, N.M. -end- TO: MDS/PRA Group 1615 L Street, N.W. - Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20036 DATE & TIME: FEBRUARY 21,1990 2:50pm ORDERED BY: Edward Campion NASA Headquarters/LMD 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20546 PHONE: 202/453-8400 PROJECT TITLE: Release No: 90-028 PRINT ORDER: 2214 PRINTING: Camera Ready, lst pg on NASA logo, other pages plain ENCLOSE & MAIL: Release of 2 pages MAIL DATE: FEBRUARY 22,1990 EXTRA COPIES: Deliver specified quanities to locations below: 50 copies 275 copies 75 copies -------------------- ------------------- ----------------- National Press Club NASA Mailroom NASA Newsroom 13th floor newsrack NASA Headquarters NASA Headquarters National Press Building 600 Independ. Ave, SW 400 Maryland Ave, SW 529 14th Street, NW Room A16 Room 6043 Washington, DC 20045 Washington, DC 20546 Washington, DC 20546 MEDIA SUMMARY OPTION: Name-by-name media summary - 1 copy CLIENT COMPUTER LISTS: Run the following: LS-CA, LS-FA, LS-GA*27:E, LS-KA, TYPE OF RELEASE & PIX: General news X 21:T-23:T PUT ADDRESSING ON: Self-mailer MEDIA SELECTION: END OF ORDER FORM END OF TRANSMISSION