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  • David M. Brown
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  • 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.
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Birth Date
  • 1956-04-16
death place
  • Over Texas
Status
  • Deceased
Previous Occupation
  • Test pilot
Name
  • David McDowell Brown
Type
  • NASA Astronaut
Insignia
  • 30
Birth Place
  • Arlington County, Virginia
death date
  • 2003-02-01
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Mission
Time
  • 1376400.0
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Nationality
  • American
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  • 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.