Mike Mullane

Mike Mullane’s Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Colonel Mullane was born in Wichita Falls, Texas but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force. As a Weapon Systems Operator aboard RF-4C Phantom aircraft, he completed 134 combat missions in Vietnam. He holds a Master's of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is also a graduate of the Air Force Flight Test Engineer School.

Mullane was selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of Space Shuttle Astronauts. He completed three space missions and logged 356 hours in space aboard the Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis before retiring from NASA and the Air Force in 1990.

Mullane has been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame and is the recipient of many awards, including the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit and the NASA Space Flight Medal.

More About Mike . . .
Since his retirement from NASA, Colonel Mullane has written an award-winning children's book, Liftoff! An Astronaut's Dream, a popular space-fact book, Do Your Ears Pop In Space? and his memoir, Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut. Mullane has also served as a host for Inside Space, a nationally syndicated cable television program on the USA Network. His wonderfully entertaining presentations of Stories From Space have been eagerly solicited by organizations of all kinds - from Fortune 500 companies and professional associations, to schools and universities.

As a professional speaker, Colonel Mullane has thrilled tens of thousands of adults and a half-million children with his inspirational, motivational and humorous descriptions of the astronaut experience.

• Countdown to Teamwork
  

  Countdown To Teamwork is a team-building /leadership program in which Colonel Mullane motivates the audience on their practice of these fundamentals of teamwork: guarding against a “normalization of deviance”, responsibility, trust, courageous self-leadership, and courageous team leadership. This program is applicable to all teams everywhere. It has thrilled and inspired personnel in sales, manufacturing, production, safety…in ALL areas of company operations. It has been cheered by managers and blue-collar workers, by union and non-union teams. It has been enjoyed by men and women from every corner of corporate America…from perfume sales teams to nuclear power plant safety teams; from insurance company teams to medical equipment manufacturers; from beverage producers to record label teams.

• Stories From Space
  

  In this program, the audience will be launched into a uniquely revealing and hilarious space journey. Using inside stories and spectacular video, Astronaut Mike Mullane will answer everybody’s space-related questions: What does a shuttle launch feel like? How does an astronaut deal with the incredible fear of launch? How do you sleep, bathe, eat, drink, etc.? What do you see from space? And, of course, he will answer the top two most frequent queries: How does the space toilet work and have astronauts seen any UFO’s or aliens? Get ready to laugh while you learn.

“Your messages are still reverberating around the hallways here. I don't recall any other speaker who has created so much positive dialog.”

---Chevron

“Thanks for a great closing session to our leadership program!”

--- AT&T

“Your closing address was EXCELLENT. You certainly challenged our thinking and renewed our dedication to "teamwork" to accomplish any goal.”

--- NCR