| First name and last name | David M. Brown |
| Date of birth | 16.04.1956 |
| Date of death | 01.02.2003 |
| Nationality | American |
| Space Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Status | Lost in flight |
| Type of astronaut | Government agency |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Brown |
Additional information 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.
