SJR40,1,43 Whereas, Colonel Curtis Lee Brown of Hudson, Wisconsin, was inducted into
4the prestigious United States Astronaut Hall of Fame on April 20, 2013; and

SJR40,1,75 Whereas, Colonel Brown's induction into the United States Astronaut Hall of
6Fame took place during the 2013 United States Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction
7Gala at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; and

SJR40,1,98 Whereas, Colonel Brown was a career astronaut from August 1987 to May
92000, during which time he was a member of six space shuttle missions; and

SJR40,1,1210 Whereas, Colonel Brown set the NASA record for the most space flights in the
11least amount of time by going on six space shuttle missions in the span of seven years;
12and

SJR40,1,1513 Whereas, Colonel Brown also has the record for being the first aviator to have
14six flights in the shuttle program and the record for being at the highest altitude any
15shuttle has ever been in orbit; and

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1Whereas, Colonel Brown was the commander of Space Shuttle Discovery when
2it made its famous space flight in 1998, which took former astronaut and United
3States Senator John Glenn back up to orbit on STS-95; and

SJR40,2,74 Whereas, Colonel Brown has experienced the humbling sight of viewing Earth
5from space and describes looking down at a beautiful, calm, and peaceful blue and
6white planet where borders separating countries are indistinguishable and
7problems seem insignificant; and

SJR40,2,98 Whereas, Colonel Brown was born and raised in North Carolina and now
9resides in Hudson, Wisconsin, with his wife, Mary; and

SJR40,2,1110 Whereas, prior to his career as an astronaut, Colonel Brown attended the
11United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado; and

SJR40,2,1512 Whereas, Colonel Brown's passion in life has been flying, and in his spare time,
13he enjoys flying his World War II T-6 Texan model airplane, doing flyovers for
14veterans' events, and racing airplanes at the National Championship Air Races in
15Reno, Nevada; and

SJR40,2,1716 Whereas, Colonel Brown continues to enjoy flying by working as a pilot for Sun
17Country Airlines; and

SJR40,2,2018 Whereas, Colonel Brown generously provides merit-based scholarships in his
19hometown in North Carolina to students pursuing post-secondary educational fields
20of technical study; and

SJR40,2,2221 Whereas, Colonel Brown's accomplishments as an astronaut have been an
22inspiration to others; now, therefore, be it