[sci.space.shuttle] Astronaut John Young

klein@kaoa04enet.dec.com (Susan Klein) (03/02/90)

Does anyone have any information about John Young and what his current status
is. Is he still an active astronaut? Does he still work for NASA? Haven't 
heard anything about him for a long time. Just wondering.

Thanks

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/02/90)

File 6.3.6.24 in the SPACE archive is John Young's NASA biography,
which is current to January, 1989.

						-Peter Yee
						yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov
						ames!yee

PS His current assignment follows:

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Young currently serves as Special Assistant to the
Director of JSC for Engineering, Operations, and Safety.  In this new position,
Young has direct access to the Center Director and other senior managers in
defining and resolving issues affecting the safe return to flight of the Space
Shuttle.  Additionally, Young will also assist the Center Director in providing
advice and counsel on engineering, operational, and safety matters related to
the Space Station, the uprated Shuttle, the National Aerospace Plane, the Crew
Emergency Return Vehicle, and other proposed Space Exploration Programs.  Still
an active astronaut, he remains eligible to command future Shuttle astronaut
crews.