Mark Hess    August 29, 1990
 Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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 Barbara Schwartz
 Johnson Space Center, Houston
 (Phone:  713/483-8647)
 
 
 RELEASE:  90-119
 
 ASTRONAUT MCCULLEY TO RETIRE FROM THE NAVY AND LEAVE NASA
 
 
     Astronaut Michael J. McCulley (Captain, USN) is retiring from 
 the Navy and leaving NASA in early October after the STS-41 Ulysses launch.
 
     McCulley has accepted the position of Vice President and Deputy 
 Director, KSC-Launch Site, with Lockheed Space Operations Company.  "I am not 
 changing teams with this move, only my position on the team," McCulley said.  
 McCulley will be heavily involved in the day-to-day processing of Space Shuttle 
 vehicles in his new position.
 
     McCulley was the pilot on mission STS-34 during which the crew
 successfully deployed the Galileo spacecraft for its journey to explore 
 Jupiter.  Selected by NASA in May 1984, McCulley has served as the 
 Astronaut Office weather coordinator, the flight crew representative to 
 the Shuttle Program Requirements Control Board, Technical Assistant 
 to the Director of Flight Crew Operations, and currently, as lead of the 
 Astronaut Support Team at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
 
     Regarding McCulley's decision to retire, Director of Flight Crew 
 Operations Donald R. Puddy said, "Mike has always been a top-notch 
 performer in every way.  Both as a pilot and as a technical expert, he 
 has made significant contributions to the Shuttle Program and to my 
 office.  We will miss him here at JSC, but his experience and expertise 
 will be extremely valuable in his new position." 
 
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