About Curtis Brown
Curtis Lee Brown Jr. is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel. Brown's first spaceflight was STS-47 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Brown's first command and fourth spaceflight was STS-85 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. The crew performed a record number of rendezvous sequences (one with a SPARTAN satellite and three with a deployed Satellite Test Unit) and approximately 21 hours of formation flying in proximity of the satellites. The mission was concluded in 160 Earth orbits, with a landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility May 29, 1996 11:10 (UTC) after traveling 4.1 million miles in 240 hours and 39 minutes.
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