Mullane, (R.) Mike
MULLANE, (R.) Mike
MULLANE, (R.) Mike. American, b. 1945. Genres: Novels, Children's non-fiction, Sciences. Career: U.S. Air Force, career officer, 1968-90, retiring as colonel; served in Vietnam as a weapons system operator aboard a Phantom aircraft; astronaut for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1978-90. Producer of the videotape The Ten Thousand Night Dream; USA Network, host of the series Inside Space; professional speaker, 1990-. Publications: Red Sky: A Novel of Love, Space, and War, 1993; Lift- off! An Astronaut's Dream; Do Your Ears Pop in Space, 1997. Address: 1301 Las Lomas Rd. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87106, U.S.A.
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