Box 5

Scope and Contents The Mark N. Brown papers include papers and memorabilia of retired astronaut and Purdue Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering alumnus, Mark N. Brown. Included are Brown's textbooks from his studies at Purdue, Air Force ROTC certificate, Apollo program photographs that were pinned to Brown's Purdue dorm room wall while he was a student in the early 1970s, a Purdue paper airplane contest trophy, along with other Purdue memorabilia.  The collection also includes NASA memorabilia...

Scope and Contents The NASA series in comprised of six sub-series. The first sub-series contains miscellaneous items and the title reflects this - Aircraft Manual, Mission Chart, "History of U.S. Manned Spaceflight," compiled by Brown, and an Apollo book; photographs; audio visual material; certificates and awards; textiles; and artifacts. Some of the highlights of this series are Shuttle mission STS-28 and STS-48 related photographs, including signed crew photos and photos of Brown in space with...

Scope and Contents Contained in this sub-series is an aircraft manual for T-38A and AT-38B aircraft and an abbreviated flight crew checklist. There is a mission chart for shuttle mission STS-48; a binder compiled by Brown, titled, "History of U.S. Manned Spaceflight," and an Apollo” book with many photographs featuring the history of the Apollo program.