Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Retired Colonel who flew on two space missions, including one for the Department of Defense. He spent approximately 10 and a half days in space.
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth18 November 1951
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I think it was the second year of Relay that Dawn and her entire family got involved. And when Dawn got involved, she really got involved,
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