Navy Medicine Grieving The Loss Of Two Of Its Own
By Brian Badura, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Story Number: NNS030203-13
Release Date: 2/3/2003 3:33:00 PM
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy Medicine is mourning the loss of two colleagues, Capt. David Brown and Cmdr. Laurel Blair Salton Clark. Both were aboard the space shuttle Columbia when it broke apart Feb. 1 during its final descent.
Brown and Clark participated in shuttle mission STS-107 as mission specialists. During the 16-day flight, their skills helped to further research on many medical, scientific and environmental experiments.
This was their first trip into space.
"Today, the thoughts and prayers of the entire Navy Medicine community go out to the Brown and Clark families and the families of the other crew members lost in this tragedy," said Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Michael L. Cowan. "We will always remember the significant contributions and adventurous spirit of two of our finest professionals."
Before joining the astronaut program in 1996, both worked as flight surgeons and gained extensive operational experience throughout their careers.
Brown also earned his naval aviator designation, graduating first in his class. Clark worked extensively in the undersea community, with qualifications including diving medical officer and submarine medical officer.
Five other crew members died in the accident, including mission pilot Navy Cmdr. William McCool, Air Force Col. Rick Husband, Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Anderson, Israeli Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon and Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D.
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