ASTRONAUTS LOW, MEADE LEAVE CORPS

NASA, Feb 22, 1996 by Ed Campion, Kyle Herring

Astronauts G. David Low and Carl J. Meade (Colonel, USAF) will leave NASA in February to pursue other aerospace careers. Low left NASA February 20 and Meade will depart at the end of the month.

Low will join Orbital Sciences Corporation's Launch Systems Group in Dulles, VA. Meade will join Lockheed Skunk Works in Palmdale, CA, next month as the X-33 deputy program manager. The project is an effort between civil aerospace companies and NASA to develop a potential next-generation reusable launch vehicle.

Both Low and Meade flew on three Space Shuttle missions. Low flew on STS-32 in 1990, STS-43 in 1991 and STS-57 in 1993. Meade flew on STS-38 in 1990, STS-50 in 1992 and STS- 64 in 1994.

For complete biographical information on Low, Meade and other astronauts, see the NASA Internet astronaut biography home page at address: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

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