Curtis Brown

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Curt Brown
NASA astronaut
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space
57d 17h 7m
SelectionNASA Group 12 (1987)
MissionsSTS-47
STS-66
STS-77
STS-85
STS-95
STS-103
Mission insignia

Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel.[1]

Background

Colonel Brown was born March 11, 1956. He graduated from East Bladen High School in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in 1974[2] and received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1978.[3]

He is a member of the United States

Air Force Association, the United States Air Force Academy Association of Graduates, and the Experimental Aircraft Association.[1]

Military service

He was commissioned a

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. In March 1982, he was reassigned to Davis-Monthan AFB as an instructor pilot in the A-10.[1]

In January 1983, he attended

F-16 aircraft until his selection for the astronaut program.[1]

He has logged over 6,000 hours flight time in jet aircraft.[1]

NASA

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June 1987,

CAPCOM), Astronaut Office Lead of Shuttle Operations, and Deputy Director, Flight Crew Operations Directorate.[1]

Space flights

A veteran of six space flights, Brown has logged over 1,383 hours in space.[1] He was the pilot on STS-47 in 1992,[5] STS-66 in 1994[6] and STS-77 in 1996,[7] and was spacecraft commander on STS-85 in 1997,[8] STS-95 in 1998,[9] and STS-103 in 1999.[10]

STS-47

Main article: STS-47

Brown's first spaceflight was

materials processing experiments in space. After completing 126 orbits of Earth, the mission ended with the Endeavour landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, September 20, 1992 12:53 (UTC).[12] Mission duration was 190 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds.[13]

STS-66

Main article: STS-66

For Brown's second spaceflight,

atmospheric change over an 11-year solar cycle. Following 175 orbits of the Earth, the 11-day mission ended with the Atlantis landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, November 14, 1994 15:34 (UTC).[15] Mission duration was 262 hours and 34 minutes.[16]

STS-77

Main article: STS-77

Brown served as pilot for the third time during

Spacehab Module. STS-77 deployed and retrieved a SPARTAN satellite, which carried the Inflatable Antenna Experiment designed to test the concept of large, inflatable space structures. A small Satellite Test Unit was also deployed to test the concept of self-stabilization by using aerodynamic forces and magnetic damping. The mission was concluded in 160 Earth orbits, with a landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility May 29, 1996 11:10 (UTC)[18] after traveling 4.1 million miles in 240 hours and 39 minutes.[19]

STS-85

Main article: STS-85

Brown's first command and fourth spaceflight was

Launch Complex 39A August 7, 1997 14:41 (UTC)[20] on a 12-day mission during which the crew deployed and retrieved the CRISTA-SPAS payload, operated the Japanese Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) robotic arm, studied changes in the Earth's atmosphere and tested technology destined for use on the future International Space Station. The mission was accomplished in 189 Earth orbits, and concluded with a landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility August 19, 1997 11:08 (UTC)[21] after traveling 4.7 million miles in 284 hours and 27 minutes.[22]

STS-95

Main article: STS-95

Brown flew in space for the fifth time during

Mercury 7
on a mission.

STS-103

Main article: STS-103

Brown's sixth and final spaceflight was STS-103 as commander aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Lifting off from Launch Complex 39A December 20, 1999 00:50 (UTC),[26] STS-103 was an 8-day mission during which the crew successfully installed new instruments and upgraded systems on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Enhancing HST scientific capabilities required three space walks. The STS-103 mission was accomplished in 120 Earth orbits, touching down at the Shuttle Landing Facility December 28, 1999 00:01 (UTC)[27] after traveling 3.2 million miles in 191 hours and 11 minutes.[28]

Post-NASA career

Brown left NASA in May 2000 and became an airline pilot for American Airlines[29] and later Sun Country Airlines.[30] He was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in April 2013.[30] He is currently the chairman of the board of the directors of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.[31]

Awards and decorations

See also

References

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