Mark N. Brown
Mark Neil Brown is an Air Force engineer, engineer, and NASA astronaut. Flew two shuttle missions including a classified Department of Defense flight and the UARS deployment mission.
- Born
- November 18, 1951
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Valparaiso, Indiana,United States
Flights
2
Spacewalks
0
EVA time
N/A
In space
10 days, 9 hours, 27 minutes
Bio
Before and around spaceflight, Mark N.Before and around spaceflight, Brown developed a technical foundation through study at Purdue University and Air Force Institute of Technology. That background matters because the shuttle era depended on astronauts who could move between spacecraft operations, payload science, robotics, aviation, and public-facing international work.
Brown flew on STS-28, STS-48 during the operational Space Shuttle era.
on STS-28 and STS-48. Flew a classified Department of Defense shuttle mission. Helped deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.