David Brown (
April 16,
1956 -
February 1,
2003) was an
astronaut and
space shuttle mission specialist of
STS-107 (
Columbia) who was killed when the
craft disintegrated after
reentry into the
Earth's atmosphere. Brown (of
Virginia) became an astronaut in
1996 and this was his first
space flight.
After working as a circus acrobat during college, Brown became a Captain in the US Navy.
See also: space science