Air and Space Museum in Tulsa (Oklahoma) honors Greg Brown, one of our Millennial Flight participants.

Celestis, Inc. is pleased to announce and to support the opening of a special exhibit at the Tulsa (Oklahoma) Air and Space Museum honoring Millennial Flight participant Greg Brown. The exhibit opens July 3, 2008 and honors Greg as the “first Oklahoman buried in space.” The text below announced Greg’s participation in the Millennial Flight in 1999 and is a compelling reminder of the meaning of the Celestis Memorial Spaceflight Service.

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Greg Brown, born December 31, 1984, passed away September 14, 1999, a few months short of his 15th birthday, from complications of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. With the assistance of the Marrow Foundation, Greg underwent a successful bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, he was unable to withstand the harshness of the radiation and medications used, and died from multiple organ system failure, only 6 months after his diagnosis.

It’s not how Greg died, but how he lived that we want to remember,” says September Brown, Greg’s mother. “Greg longed to be an astronaut and fly into space. He built and flew model rockets, and constructed countless space shuttles and space crafts from Legos.”

Greg’s dream of space flight was fulfilled on December 20th, 1999. Greg’s remains were launched aboard the Millennial Flight, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

“We are honored to work with the Marrow Foundation to bring Greg’s dreams of spaceflight to reality,” says Charles M. Chafer, president of the Celestis Foundation. “The Celestis Foundation focuses on nurturing entrepreneurial space enterprises, supporting organizations that educate our children and the general public about space, and contributing to charities that create a positive future on Earth.”

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