The late astronaut Laurel Clark's mother and stepfather, Dr. Richard "Dick" and Marge Brown, were killed in a traffic accident Wednesday (Aug. 21) in Tucson, Arizona, reports The Journal Times.Clark and her STS-107 crewmates died aboard the space shuttle Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003. U.S. Navy Captain Laurel Salton Clark's path to becoming an astronaut evolved over time. I

The Arizona Daily Star reported Clark's mother Marjory Brown and stepfather Richard Brown … Jonathan Clark, husband of Columbia Astronaut Laurel Clark, participates in a tree-planting ceremony at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Laurel Clark was a mission specialist on the Columbia space shuttle, which broke in … Clark was educated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a doctorate in medicine in 1987. The parents of late Wisconsin astronaut Laurel Clark were killed in a car crash in Arizona Margory and Richard Brown, who were former Racine residents and … Jon Clark (left) and his son Iain, 9, sit on the couch with the family dog, Addie, at their home in Houston Jan. 23, 2004. Visit the Memorial Gallery for more images. LAUREL BLAIR SALTON CLARK, M.D. Laurel Blair Salton Clark, American astronaut (born March 10, 1961, Ames, Iowa—died Feb. 1, 2003, over Texas), was a mission specialist and flight surgeon on the space shuttle Columbia. RACINE -- Racine native and astronaut, Laurel Clark, died after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. Laurel Clark Environmental Education Fund Columbia Astronaut Dr. Laurel Clark's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Brown, along with Clark's siblings Lynne, Daniel and Jonathan Salton, announce the establishment of the Laurel Clark Environmental Education Endowment Fund in her memory. Laurel Clark is shown in an undated family photo with her husband, Jon Clark. Margory Brown… The parents of Wisconsin astronaut Laurel Clark have died in a car crash in Arizona.
Margory Brown was the mother of Laurel Clark, one of seven astronauts who died Feb. 1, 2003, after the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry. Sixteen years later, her family and friends are mourning again. She is survived by her husband and their child. 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. (CAPTAIN, USN) NASA ASTRONAUT .