David McDowell Brown (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) …

Friends of Arlington's David M. Brown Planetarium - Who Was David M. Brown? David M. Brown, American astronaut who died during the failed re-entry of Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003, …

Sep 16, 2025 · David M. Brown, 46, a captain in the U.S. Navy, was a naval aviator and flight surgeon. He served as Mission Specialist 1 for STS-107. Brown received a bachelor of …

Feb 1, 2003 · American Astronaut. Born in Arlington, Virginia, he attended Eastern Virginia Medical School and joined the United States Navy immediately after his internship in 1982.

Jul 31, 2023 · Laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery, David M. Brown was as down-to-earth as he was starry-eyed. He perished on the space shuttle Columbia.

Captain Brown was the International Association of Military Flight Surgeon Pilots’ president in 1996 and the Navy’s Operational Flight Surgeon of the Year in 1986. He logged over 2,700 …

Selected by NASA in April 1996, Brown reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1996 to begin two years of training and evaluation. Successful completion of initial training will qualify …

Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the upper North American Pacific coast and the female personification of the United States, Columbia was the first of five Space Shuttle …

Feb 22, 2003 · Astronaut, Captain, flight surgeon, and test pilot in the US Navy. Born in Arlington, Virginia, USA, on April 16, 1956; died aged 46 years when the space shuttle Columbia …

-entry sixteen minutes before scheduled landing. Captain Brown was the International Association of Military Flight Surgeon Pilots’ president in 1996 and the Navy