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Vance Brand

Vance D. Brand
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NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born (1931-05-09) May 9, 1931 (age 85)
Longmont, Colorado, U.S.
Other names
Vance DeVoe Brand
Other occupation
Naval aviator, test pilot
University of Colorado (B.S.)
UCLA (M.S.)
Time in space
31d 02h 02m
Selection 1966 NASA Group 5
Missions Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35
Mission insignia
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Retirement January 2008
Awards NASA Distinguished Service Medal.jpg

Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He served as Command Module Pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as Commander of three Space Shuttle missions.

His flight experience includes 9,669 flying hours, which includes 8,089 hours in jets, 391 hours in helicopters, 746 hours in spacecraft, and checkout in more than 30 types of military aircraft. Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colorado, is named in his honor.

Brand was born in Longmont, Colorado, May 9, 1931, and is the son of Rudolph William and Donna Mae Brand. He was active in Troop 64 of the Boy Scouts of America in Longmont, where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. Brand graduated at Longmont High School in 1949, and at the University of Colorado at Boulder he received a B.S. in business in 1953 and a B.S. in aeronautical engineering in 1960. He was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and of the International Order of DeMolay. In 1964 he completed an M.S. in business administration at UCLA.


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