David M. Brown
David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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| Born | David McDowell Brown April 16, 1956 |
| Died | February 1, 2003 (aged 46) Airspace over Texas |
| Nationality | American |
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Previous occupation | Test pilot |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 15d 22h 20m |
| Selection | NASA Astronaut Group 16 (1996) |
| Missions | STS-107 |
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Brown became an astronaut in 1996, but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. Brown was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.[1]
References
- "DAVID M. BROWN (CAPTAIN, USN)". NASA. February 2003. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
Other websites
- David Brown STS-107 Crew MemorialArchived 2012-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Captain David Brown Aerospace and Medical Research Endowment
- Florida Today — Florida Tech dedicates dorms to Columbia 7 — October 29, 2003
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