Imię i nazwisko | David M. Brown |
Data urodzenia | 16.04.1956 |
Data śmierci | 01.02.2003 |
Narodowość | American |
Agencja Kosmiczna | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Status | Stracony w locie |
Typ astronauty | Rządowa agencja |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Brown |
David McDowell Brown 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.