Colonel Mike Mullane was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides. Upon graduation from West Point in 1967, Colonel Mullane was commissioned in the U.S. 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 in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology and is also a graduate of the Air Force Flight Test Engineer School.

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. Colonel 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.

Colonel Mullane’s wonderfully entertaining "Stories From Space" have been eagerly solicited by organizations of all kinds, from Fortune 500 companies to associations to universities. He has established himself as an acclaimed professional speaker on the topics of teamwork, leadership and safety. Mulane's lifelong passion for hiking led him to summit Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, on July 23, 2010.