Dave Brown

American astronaut

Died when: 46 years 291 days (561 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

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.

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.

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