Curtis Brown

Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown, Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is an engineer, former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force Colonel. Colonel Brown 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 Associati... more

Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown, Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is an engineer, former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force Colonel. Colonel Brown 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, the Experimental Aircraft Association, and the Classic Jet Aircraft Association. He has been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal twice, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medal six times. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, in 1978, and completed Undergraduate Pilot Training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas. He graduated in... less