Career record
Flights
4
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
31d 2h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Vance DeVoe Brand 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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-35 — Commander · Success · December 2, 1990
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-B — Commander · Success · February 3, 1984
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-5 — Commander · Success · November 11, 1982
- Saturn IB | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project — Command Module Pilot · Success · July 15, 1975
Born 1931-05-09