What is David M. Brown?
{{Infobox astronaut | birth_name =David McDowell Brown | image =David M. Brown, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg | type =[[NASA]] Astronaut | nationality =American | birth_date ={{Birth date|1956|4|16}} | death_date ={{Death date and age|2003|2|1|1956|4|16}} | birth_place =[[Arlington County, Virginia]] | death_place =Airspace over [[Texas]] | previous_occupation =[[Test pilot]] | rank =[[Captain (U.S. Navy)|Captain]], [[United States Navy|USN]] | selection =[[NASA Astronaut Group 16|NASA Astronaut Group 16 (1996)]] | time =15d 22h 20m | mission =[[STS-107]] | insignia =[[File:STS-107 Flight Insignia.svg|30px]] | awards = {{CS Medal of Honor}} }} '''David McDowell Brown''' (April 16, 1956 – February 1, 2003) was a [[United States Navy]] [[Captain (U.S. Navy)|captain]] and a [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]. He died on his first [[spaceflight]], when the [[Space Shuttle Columbia|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 [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' disaster]]. Brown was posthumously awarded the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/columbia/Troxell/Columbia%20Web%20Site/Biographies/Crew%20Profile%20Information/Crew%20Biographies/Brown%20Astronaut%20Bio%20Data.htm|title=DAVID M. BROWN (CAPTAIN, USN)|work=[[NASA]]|date=February 2003|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-107/memorial/brown.html David Brown STS-107 Crew Memorial]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917053400/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-107/memorial/brown.html |date=2012-09-17 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110725220708/http://davebrownscholarship.org/ Captain David Brown Aerospace and Medical Research Endowment] * [http://www.floridat