Five-time shuttle flier and U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
inductee Steven Hawley (STS-41D, STS-61C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93) will announce his retirement from NASA on Wednesday, Feb. 27 and his appointment to the faculty at the University of Kansas.
Hawley currently serves as director of the astromaterials research and exploration science directorate at Johnson Space Center.
According to the [URL=http://www.saljournal.com/rdnews/story/Hawley---2-26-08]Salina Journal[/URL], Hawley is scheduled to appear with the university's chancellor Robert Hemenway Wednesday at [URL=http://www.usd305.com/central/]Salina Central High School[/URL] to make the announcement.
The visit is one of four stops scheduled. Additional appearances include the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, the Statehouse in Topeka and the University of Kansas' [URL=http://www.news.ku.edu/2008/february/26/hawley.shtml]Dole Institute of Politics[/URL] in Lawrence.