Tue, Aug 31, 2004
Navy Names Training Facility For Fallen Astronauts
Naval Aerospace Medicine Institute (NAMI) dedicated and named
its new Aerospace Medicine Academic Center Aug. 13 in honor of
fallen Navy physician-astronauts from the space shuttle Columbia,
Capt. Laurel B. Clark and Capt. David M. Brown.
Clark and Brown had both been assigned duty at NAMI in Pensacola
(FL) prior to being selected for the astronaut program in April
1996. The two Navy doctors were among seven Columbia astronauts who
died in the shuttle explosion above Texas, Feb. 1, 2003.
Clark’s 9-year-old son, Ian, and Brown’s brother,
Douglas, unveiled a blue cloth above the entrance, introducing the
Laurel B. Clark and David M. Brown Aerospace Medicine Academic
Center.
Messages from an astronaut’s perspective, written the day
before Columbia’s return to earth, from Clark and Brown, are
featured on a plaque inside the academics center.
Vice Adm. Donald Arthur, Surgeon General of the Navy, attended
the ceremony. He said dedicating the academic building to those who
have served at NAMI and have gone on into the space program was
appropriate.
"Clark and Brown are among the greatest of humankind –
explorers," said Arthur.
"This is truly a fitting tribute to two great heroes," said Rear
Adm. Nancy J. Lescavage, commander of the Naval Medical Education
and Training Command.
(ANN salutes Rod Duren, Naval Hospital Pensacola and Felicia
Sturgis, Naval Operational Medicine Institute Public
Affairs)
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