Astronaut
David M. Brown
A navy flight surgeon and circus acrobat, lost on Columbia.
David McDowell Brown was a United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He died on his first spaceflight, when the 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 Columbia disaster. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
- Born
- 1956-04-16, Arlington County, USAA Monday
- Died
- 2003-02-01, Texas, USAA Saturday, aged 46
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1956-04-16, Arlington County, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 26°40′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 9°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 8°10′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 12°18′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 1°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 21°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 1°48′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 28°16′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 29°07′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 26°12′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2003-02-01, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 12°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 16°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 17°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 26°50′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 10°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 13°11′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 22°31′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 27°52′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 10°43′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 19°17′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment David M. Brown was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
