David W. Brown

Author of THE MISSION 🛰️. Next: THE OUTSIDE CATS 🇦🇶. Prose: The New Yorker, NYT, &c. 📍 New Orleans, but I have friends everywhere.

The Firmament: A Newsletter about Storytelling
The Firmament: A Newsletter about Storytelling
My latest for The New Yorker: How to Save a Dog
My latest for The New Yorker: How to Save a Dog
The New Yorker: The Department of Veterans Affairs Is Not O.K.
The New Yorker: The Department of Veterans Affairs Is Not O.K.
The New Yorker: Inside Trump and Musk’s Takeover of NASA
The New Yorker: Inside Trump and Musk’s Takeover of NASA
The New Yorker: The Woman Who Helped Send a Spacecraft to Europa
The New Yorker: The Woman Who Helped Send a Spacecraft to Europa
The New York Times: A $5 Billion NASA Mission Looked Doomed. Could Engineers Save It?
The New York Times: A $5 Billion NASA Mission Looked Doomed. Could Engineers Save It?
The New Yorker: A New Era of Moon Exploration Is Upon Us
The New Yorker: A New Era of Moon Exploration Is Upon Us
The New Yorker: How NASA Brought an Asteroid to Earth
The New Yorker: How NASA Brought an Asteroid to Earth
The New Yorker: A Security Camera for the Planet
The New Yorker: A Security Camera for the Planet
The New Yorker (print, Nov. 28, 2022): Journey to Doomsday
The New Yorker (print, Nov. 28, 2022): Journey to Doomsday
The New York Times: 31 Hours in Mission Control
The New York Times: 31 Hours in Mission Control
The New Yorker: How NASA Launched Its Asteroid Killer
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Order THE MISSION at HarperCollins
The New Yorker: How to Plan a Space Mission
Interview with 1A on NPR
The Wall Street Journal: For NASA, It Should Be Mars or Bust (The Saturday Essay)
The New York Times: The Last Rocket (Essay)
Order THE MISSION at Amazon
Order THE MISSION at a local indie
The New Yorker: How We Discovered Water on the Moon
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Interview with Scientific American
Interview with The Houston Chronicle

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