Laurel B. Clark

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NASA astronaut U.S. Navy officer flight surgeon human physician

Laurel B. Clark was a U.S. Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia and died in the STS-107 disaster in 2003.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
U.S. Navy officer ⓘ
flight surgeon ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Zoology ⓘ
Doctor of Medicine ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
Defense Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Defense Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal ⓘ
surface form: Navy Achievement Medal

Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal ⓘ
surface form: Navy Commendation Medal
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1961-03-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2003-02-01 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States Navy ⓘ
familyName Clark ⓘ
fieldOfWork aerospace medicine ⓘ
undersea medicine ⓘ
givenName Laurel ⓘ
hasOccupationSpecialty flight surgeon ⓘ
undersea medical officer ⓘ
honoredIn Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark ⓘ
Laurel Clark Memorial Fountain, Racine, Wisconsin ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Captain ⓘ
mission STS-107 ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableRelative Jonathan Clark ⓘ
notableWork STS-107 ⓘ
surface form: STS-107 microgravity research mission
numberOfChildren 1 ⓘ
occupation astronaut ⓘ
medical doctor ⓘ
participantIn Columbia disaster ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
placeOfBirth Ames, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Ames, Iowa, United States
placeOfDeath over Texas, United States ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spaceShuttleFlown Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
spouse Jonathan Clark ⓘ
timeInSpace 15 days 22 hours 20 minutes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Columbia disaster → crewMember → Laurel B. Clark ⓘ
STS-107 → crewMember → Laurel B. Clark ⓘ
STS-107 → missionSpecialist → Laurel B. Clark ⓘ