NAME:  John M. "Mike" Lounge (Mr.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born June 28, 1946, in Denver, Colorado, but considers
Burlington, Colorado, to be his hometown.  His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Lounge, reside in Burlington.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Brown hair; brown eyes; height: 5 feet 10 inches;
weight: 175 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Burlington High School, Burlington, Colorado, in
1964; received a bachelor of science degree in Physics and Mathematics from the
United States Naval Academy in 1969 and a master of science degree in
Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado in 1970.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to Kathryn Anne Havens of Port Arthur, Texas; she is a
Payload Integration Manager for the National Space Transportation System
Program  at the Johnson Space Center.
 
CHILDREN:  Shannon, June 5, 1971; Kenneth, September 14, 1981; Kathy, March 23,
1984.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys jogging, chess, squash, tennis, flying,
golfing, and blue grass guitar.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Texas Air National
Guard.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  6 Navy Air Medals, 3 Navy Commendation Medals (with Combat
"V"), the JSC Superior Achievement Award (for service as a member of the Skylab
Reentry Team), a NASA Exceptional Service Medal and 2 NASA Space Flight Medals.
 
EXPERIENCE:  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, 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 ENTERPRISE (participating in 99
combat missions) and a 7-month Mediterranean cruise aboard the USS AMERICA.  In
1974, he returned to the U.S. Naval Academy as an instructor in the Physics
Department.  Lounge transferred to the Navy Space Project Office in Washington,
D.C., in 1976, for a two year tour as a staff project officer.  He resigned his
regular United States Navy commission in 1978 and affiliated with the Naval Air
Reserve, flying F-4Ns with Reserve Fighter Squadron 201 at the Naval Air
Station Dallas, Texas.  He currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in
the Texas Air National Guard, and is assigned to Headquarters, Texas Air
National Guard.
 
NASA EXPERIENCE:  Mr. Lounge has been employed at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space
Center since July 1978.  During this time, he worked as lead engineer for Space
Shuttle launched satellites, and also served as a member of the Skylab Reentry
Flight Control Team.  He completed these assignments while with the Payloads
Operations Division.
 
Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1980, he completed a one year
training and evaluation period, and became an astronaut in August 1981.  He
served as a member of the launch support team at Kennedy Space Center for the
STS-1, STS-2 and STS-3 missions.
 
Mr. Lounge was a mission specialist on STS 51-I which launched from Kennedy
Space Center, Florida, on August 27, 1985.  During that mission his duties
included deployment of the Australian AUSSAT communications satellite and
operation of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS).  The crew deployed two other
communications satellites, the Navy's SYNCOM IV-4, and American Satellite
Company's ASC-1, and also performed a successful on-orbit rendezvous and repair
of the ailing 15,400 lb SYNCOM IV-3 satellite.   STS 51-I completed 112 orbits
of the Earth before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September
3, 1985.
 
Following his flight on STS 51-I, he was assigned to the first mission to carry
the Centaur (cryogenically fueled) upper stage (STS 61-F).  After that mission
was canceled, he participated in Space Station design development.
 
Mr. Lounge next flew as a mission specialist on STS-26, the first flight to be
flown after the Challenger accident.  The Orbiter Discovery was launched from
the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on September 29, 1988.  During the four day
mission, the crew successfully deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
(TDRS-C), which was subsequently carried to orbit by the Inertial Upper Stage
(IUS) rocket.  They also operated eleven mid-deck experiments.  Discovery
completed 64 orbits of the earth before landing at Edwards Air Force Base,
California, on October 3, 1988.  Mission duration was 97 hours.
 
Mr. Lounge's third flight into space occurred in December 1990 on STS-35.  He
served as flight engineer and Space Shuttle operator for that 9-day flight of
Columbia which was dedicated to astronomy.  Very exciting observations of the
Universe were collected by the ASTRO-1 ultraviolet telescope and by the Broad
Band X-Ray Telescope.  With the completion of this flight, Mr. Lounge has
logged over 482 hours in space.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Mr. Lounge is assigned as Chief of the Space Station
Support office which deals with Space Station design and operation.
 
JANUARY 1991