David McDowell Brown

David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Naval Captain and a NASA astronaut. He died on his first space flight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrated during orbital reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Brown became an astronaut in 1996, but had not served on a space mission prior to the Columbia disaster. Brown, the 1986 recipient of the Navy Operational Flight Surgeon of the Year award, recei... more

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  • Apr 16, 1956

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  • Feb 1, 2003 (age 46 years)

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  • Sep 1970
  • Jun 1974

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