Box 12

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 The artifacts consist of sealed packages of labeled space food, marked "Training;" cloth mission patches and pins for STS-28 and STS-48; Brown's astronaut business cards; and a plaque with two halves of hold-down stud frangible nut from STS-28R presented to mission specialist Brown by staff at Kennedy Space Center. Also found in this sub-series is a piece of shuttle tile, flight weight firebrick,” and paperwork for it.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The artifacts consist of sealed packages of labeled space food, marked "Training;" cloth mission patches and pins for STS-28 and STS-48; Brown's astronaut business cards; and a plaque with two halves of hold-down stud frangible nut from STS-28R presented to mission specialist Brown by staff at Kennedy Space Center. Also found in this sub-series is a piece of shuttle tile, flight weight firebrick,” and paperwork for it.