NAME:  Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (Major, USAF)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born March 11, 1956, in Elizabethtown, North
Carolina.  His mother, Mrs. Rachel H. Brown, resides in Elizabethtown,
North Carolina.  His father, Mr. Curtis L. Brown, Sr., is deceased.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Black hair, blue eyes; 6 feet; 175 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from East Bladen High School, Elizabethtown,
North Carolina, in 1974; received a bachelor of science degree in
electrical engineering from the Air Force Academy in 1978.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Unmarried.
 
CHILDREN:  Gregory Scott, November 9, 1983.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys water and snow skiing, scuba
diving, remote control model aircraft, restoring old cars,
woodworking, and sailing.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member, United States Air Force Association, and
United States Air Force Academy Association of Graduates.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force
Commendation Medal.
 
EXPERIENCE:  Brown was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at the United
States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, in 1978, and completed
undergraduate pilot training at Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas.  He
graduated in July 1979 and was assigned to Fly A-10 aircraft at Myrtle
Beach AFB, South Carolina, arriving there in January 1980 after
completing A-10 training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.  In March 1982
he was reassigned to Davis Monthan AFB as an Instructor Pilot in the
A-10.  In January 1983 he attended USAF fighter weapons School at
Nellis AFB and returned to Davis Monthan AFB as an instructor in A-10
weapons and tactics.  In June 1985 he attended USAF Test Pilot School
at Edwards AFB, California.  Upon graduation in June 1986 Brown was
assigned to Eglin AFB, Florida, where he served as a test pilot in the
A-10 and F-16 aircraft until his selection for the astronaut program.
 
He has logged over 3,100 hours flight time in jet aircraft.
 
NASA EXPERIENCE:  Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June
1987, Brown completed a one-year training and evaluation program in
August 1988, and is qualified for assignment as a pilot on future
Space Shuttle flight crews.  His technical assignments to date
include:  involvement in the upgrade of the Shuttle Mission Simulator
(SMS); development of the Flight Data File (FDF); he served as lead of
the astronaut launch support team responsible for crew
ingress/strap-in prior to launch and crew egress after landing; also
monitored the refurbishment of OV-102 and OV-103 during ground
turnaround processing.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Major Brown will serve as the pilot on the crew
of STS-47 Spacelab-J.  This seven-day cooperative mission between the
United States and Japan will focus on life science and materials
processing experiments in space, and is scheduled for launch in
September 1992.
 
MAY 1992