Search results
Laurel Blair Clark (née Salton; March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist. She died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster .
Jun 18, 2024 · Laurel Clark, 41, a commander (captain-select) in the U.S. Navy and a naval flight surgeon, was Mission Specialist 4 on STS-107. Clark received a bachelor of science in zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983 and a doctorate in medicine from the same school in 1987.
Laurel Blair Clark was an American NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist. She died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Clark was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Feb 3, 2003 · Laurel Clark, aged 41, joined Nasa in the same year as Brown, and was trained as a space flight surgeon. She was a US navy commander.
Feb 3, 2003 · Astronaut Laurel Clark, of Racine, Wisconsin, died on the space shuttle Columbia. The day before, she sent this email to family and friends: "Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth. "The...
Biographical Data. LAUREL BLAIR SALTON CLARK, M.D. (CAPTAIN, USN)NASA ASTRONAUT. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Iowa, but considers Racine, Wisconsin, to be her hometown. Died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing.
Jan 28, 2023 · But then again, you know, after Columbia, I mean, I had to meet with, you know, the husband of astronaut Laurel Clark, whose young son, who built spaceships in his bedroom and dreamed about...
On Feb. 1, 2003, after a successful 16-day mission, the Columbia and her crew — commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; mission specialists David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon — headed back to Earth.
Feb 1, 2023 · It's been exactly 20 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board: commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, mission...
Dec 30, 2008 · Dr. Jonathan Clark, a former NASA flight surgeon whose astronaut wife, Laurel, died aboard Columbia, praised NASA's leadership for releasing the report "even though it says, in some ways, you...
