Mark N. Brown

American - (NASA)

Retired

Date of Birth: Nov. 18, 1951
Age: 74

Mark Neil Brown is an American engineer, retired Colonel in the United States Air Force and former NASA astronaut.

Spaceflight Record

Mark N. Brown flew on two previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1989, 12:37 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-28 was the thirtieth space shuttle mission, the fourth dedicated to the Department of Defence and the eigth of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1991, 11:11 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-48 was the thirteenth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to launch the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The flight was also the first to test an electronic still camera in space, a modified Nikon F4.

Low Earth Orbit

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Administrator: Jared Isaacman

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Recent Launches

Long March 3B/E

Failure

1 day, 3 hours ago

Shijian 32

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese experimental spacecraft of unknown purposes.

Ceres-1S

Success

2 days ago

Tianqi 37-40

Rizhao offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Long March 2C

Success

2 days, 16 hours ago

AlSat 3A

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Earth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 2 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-98

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 8A

Success

4 days, 5 hours ago

SatNet LEO Group 18

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…