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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 before the Columbia disaster. Brown was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

David M. Brown
Born	David McDowell Brown (1956-04-16)April 16, 1956 Arlington County, Virginia
Died	February 1, 2003(2003-02-01) (aged 46) Airspace over Texas
Nationality	American
Awards
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Previous occupation	Test pilot
Rank	Captain, USN
Time in space	15d 22h 20m
Selection	NASA Astronaut Group 16 (1996)
Missions	STS-107
Mission insignia

Education

• Attended McKinley Elementary, Arlington, Virginia
• Attended Swanson Middle, Arlington, Virginia
• 1974: Graduated from Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia
• 1978: Received bachelor of science degree in biology from the College of William and Mary
• 1982: Received a doctorate in medicine from Eastern Virginia Medical School

Organizations

• Active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second-highest rank, Life Scout.
• Past President, International Association of Military Flight Surgeon Pilots
• Associate Fellow, Aerospace Medical Association
• Society of U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons.

Awards and honors

Brown, the 1986 recipient of the Navy Operational Flight Surgeon of the Year award, received numerous decorations including:

Qualification insignia

• Naval Aviator
• Naval Astronaut
• Naval Flight Surgeon

Personal decorations

• Defense Distinguished Service Medal ^†
• Meritorious Service Medal
• Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
• National Defense Service Medal
• Congressional Space Medal of Honor ^†
• NASA Distinguished Service Medal ^†
• NASA Space Flight Medal ^†

The ^† symbol indicates a posthumous award.

Military career

Brown joined the U.S. Navy after his internship at the Medical University of South Carolina. Upon completion of flight surgeon training in 1984, he reported to the Navy Branch Hospital in Adak, Alaska, as Director of Medical Services. He was then assigned to Carrier Air Wing Fifteen which deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Western Pacific. In 1988, he became the only flight surgeon in a ten-year period to be chosen for pilot training. He was ultimately designated a Naval Aviator in 1990 at NAS Chase Field in Beeville, Texas, ranking number one in his class. Brown was then sent for training and carrier qualification in the A-6E Intruder. In 1991, he reported to the Naval Strike Warfare Center at NAS Fallon, Nevada, where he served as a Strike Leader Attack Training Syllabus Instructor and a Contingency Cell Planning Officer. Additionally, he was qualified in the F/A-18 Hornet and deployed from Japan in 1992 aboard USS Independence flying the A-6E with VA-115. In 1995, he reported to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland as their flight surgeon where he also flew the T-38 Talon.

Brown logged over 2,700 flight hours with 1,700 in high-performance military aircraft. He was qualified as the first pilot in NASA T-38 aircraft.

He held a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued Technician Class amateur radio license with the call sign KC5ZTC.

NASA career

Selected by NASA in April 1996, Brown reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996. He completed two years of training and evaluation and was qualified for flight assignment as a mission specialist. He was initially assigned to support payload development for the International Space Station, followed by the astronaut support team responsible for orbiter cockpit setup, crew strap-in, and landing recovery.

On April 21, 2001, Brown appeared on ESPN as an expert on g-force loading on the human body that led to the cancellation of the Firestone Firehawk 600 CART race.[1]

Brown flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-107, logging 15 days, 22 hours, and 20 minutes in space from January 16 to February 1, 2003. The flight was a dedicated science and research mission. Working 24 hours a day, in two alternating shifts, the crew successfully conducted approximately 80 experiments. The mission ended abruptly on February 1, 2003, when Columbia's crew perished during entry, 16 minutes before the scheduled landing.

Personal life

As the lone unmarried member of the STS-107 crew, Brown had previously been romantically involved with NASA engineer Ann Micklos. The two ended their relationship shortly before the mission but remained close friends until his death.[2] The crew of STS-107 had also formed a very close friendship in their training, that Brown had been preparing a videotape to commemorate once they returned from their mission. Brown is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[3]

Tributes

• Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown was named in honor of Brown.
• Lunar crater D. Brown is named after Brown.[4]
• Brown Hall, in the Columbia Village apartments, at the Florida Institute of Technology is named after him.
• He is the first person ever to be posthumously awarded the William & Mary Alumni Association's, Alumni Medal.
• The Laurel B. Clark and David M. Brown Aerospace Medicine Academic Center, located at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, is named after him.
• The Captain David Brown Aerospace and Medical Research Endowment was established in his memory to help deserving students attending Eastern Virginia Medical School.
• The planetarium of Arlington Public Schools was renamed the David M. Brown Planetarium.[5]
• The Dave Brown Memorial Park in Friendswood, Texas, is named after him.
• The annual Astronaut Dave Brown Memorial gymnastics meet is held at the College of William & Mary in his honor, where Dave Brown was a gymnast.
• Yorktown High School Crew Team Men's Varsity 8 boat name Captain David M. Brown - c. 2003
• Circle Oil Hill Elementary of Circle USD 375 in Kansas grants a scholarship each year - David Brown Hopes & Dreams Scholarship. This scholarship was first awarded in 2005.

See also

• Space science
• Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

References

External links

• David M. Brown at Find a Grave
• "David M. Brown (Captain, USN)". NASA. February 2003. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
• David Brown STS-107 Crew Memorial
• Captain David Brown Aerospace and Medical Research Endowment
• Florida Today — Florida Tech dedicates dorms to Columbia 7 — October 29, 2003

На других языках

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[de] David McDowell Brown

David McDowell Brown (* 16. April 1956 in Arlington, Bundesstaat Virginia, USA; † 1. Februar 2003 über dem Süden der USA) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronaut. Er starb beim Absturz der Columbia im Frühjahr 2003. Brown besuchte bis 1974 die Yorktown High School in Arlington und studierte anschließend am College of William and Mary, wo er 1978 einen Bachelor in Biologie erhielt. 1982 erhielt er schließlich einen Doktortitel in Medizin von der Eastern Virginia Medical School.

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- [en] David M. Brown

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[es] David McDowell Brown

David McDowell Brown (16 de abril de 1956 - 1 de febrero de 2003) fue capitán de la Armada de los Estados Unidos y astronauta de la NASA.

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[fr] David McDowell Brown

David McDowell Brown est un astronaute américain né le 16 avril 1956 à Arlington[2] et mort le 1er février 2003 dans la désintégration de la navette spatiale Columbia lors de sa rentrée atmosphérique.

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[it] David McDowell Brown

David McDowell Brown (Arlington, 16 aprile 1956 – Texas, 1º febbraio 2003) è stato un astronauta statunitense vittima dell'incidente dello Shuttle Columbia.

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[ru] Браун, Дэвид Макдауэлл

Дэвид Макдауэлл Браун (англ. David McDowell Brown; 16 апреля 1956 — 1 февраля 2003) — американский астронавт НАСА. 1 мая 1996 года отобран в качестве кандидата в астронавты 16-го набора НАСА. Первый и единственный полёт совершил с 16 января по 1 февраля 2003 года в качестве пилота «шаттла Колумбия» по программе STS-107 продолжительностью 15 дней 22 часа 20 минут 22 секунды. Погиб в катастрофе при возвращении на Землю, шаттл взорвался в атмосфере Земли за 16 минут до посадки.

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