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Vance D. Brand

Vance D. Brand

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Flight record

4 flights on padside's record, flying from 1975 to 1990.

4Flights
31d 2hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks

Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.

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.

Background

Born in
Longmont
Education
University of California, Los Angeles; University of Colorado Boulder; United States Naval Test Pilot School; Longmont High School
Awards
International Space Hall of Fame; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; NASA Exceptional Service Medal; Harmon Trophy; United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

From Wikidata.

Flights

Born 1931-05-09 · age 95