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Laurel Clark

1961 - 2003

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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. Clark was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurel Clark is the 203rd most popular astronaut (up from 213th in 2019), the 7,411th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,108th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Laurel Clark ranks 203 out of 556. Before her are Yuri Malenchenko, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Patrick Baudry, Oleg Kononenko, Yury Malyshev, and Elliot See. After her are James C. Adamson, Karol J. Bobko, Ronald J. Garan Jr., Koichi Wakata, Michael J. Adams, and Gennady Sarafanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Laurel Clark ranks 261. Before her are Freddie Spencer, Zoran Tegeltija, Toni Nadal, Dana Reeve, Campbell Scott, and Sigrid Kaag. After her are Marc-André Hamelin, Manuel Merino, Yang Mi-kyung, Tom Byron, George Wassouf, and Timur Bekmambetov. Among people deceased in 2003, Laurel Clark ranks 249. Before her are Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Tommy Seebach, Terenci Moix, Stu Hart, Melitta Brunner, and Herbie Mann. After her are Alfred Aston, Stellan Nilsson, Charles P. Kindleberger, Jürgen Möllemann, Gunnar Johansson, and Bruno Boni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laurel Clark ranks 7,413 out of 20,380. Before her are Elliot See (1927), Drea de Matteo (1972), Michael Harner (1929), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Bob James (1939), and George Peabody (1795). After her are Dennis Dugan (1946), Gina Carano (1982), Steve Porcaro (1957), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Dennis Ralston (1942), and Mario Cuomo (1932).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Laurel Clark ranks 90. Before her are Robert L. Behnken (1970), William Shepherd (1949), Rick Husband (1957), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Paul Lockhart (1956), and Elliot See (1927). After her are James C. Adamson (1946), Karol J. Bobko (1937), Ronald J. Garan Jr. (1961), Michael J. Adams (1930), Jon McBride (1943), and Loren Acton (1936).

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