John Michael "Mike" Lounge is a former NASA astronaut.
Lounge was born June 28, 1946, in Denver, Colorado, but considers Burlington, Colorado, to be his hometown. He graduated from Burlington High School, Burlington, Colorado, in 1964, then received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1969 and a Master of Science degree in Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1970. Lounge is an associate fellow of ...
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John Michael "Mike" Lounge is a former NASA astronaut.
Lounge was born June 28, 1946, in Denver, Colorado, but considers Burlington, Colorado, to be his hometown. He graduated from Burlington High School, Burlington, Colorado, in 1964, then received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1969 and a Master of Science degree in Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1970. Lounge is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Lounge entered on active duty with the United States Navy following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy and spent the next nine years in a variety of assignments. He completed Naval flight officer training at Pensacola, Florida, went on to advanced training as a radar intercept officer in the F-4J Phantom II, and subsequently reported to Fighter Squadron 142 based at Naval Air Station Miramar, California. While with VF-142, he completed a 9-month Southeast Asia cruise aboard the USS...
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