Curtis Brown (astronaut)
| Curtis L. Brown Jr. | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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March 11, 1956 Elizabethtown, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Other names
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Curtis Lee Brown Jr. |
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Other occupation
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Test pilot |
| USAFA, B.S. 1978 | |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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57d 17h 07m |
| Selection | 1987 NASA Group 12 |
| Missions | STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103 |
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Mission insignia
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Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel.
Colonel Brown was born March 11, 1956. He graduated from East Bladen High School in Elizabethtown, North Carolina in 1974 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1978.
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
He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1978, and completed Undergraduate Pilot Training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas. He graduated in July 1979 and was assigned to fly A-10 aircraft at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, arriving there in January 1980 after completing A-10 training at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. In March 1982, he was reassigned to Davis-Monthan AFB as an instructor pilot in the A-10.
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