Key facts
- Born
- Vance DeVoe Brand , ( 1931-05-09 ) May 9, 1931 (age 95) , Longmont, Colorado , U.S.
- Education
- University of Colorado, Boulder ( BS , BS ) University of California, Los Angeles ( MBA )
- Spouse
- Beverly Ann Whitnel
- Awards
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- Rank
- Major , USMCR
- Time in space
- 31d 2h 02m
- Selection
- NASA Group 5 (1966)
- Missions
- Apollo–Soyuz Test Project STS-5 STS-41-B STS-35
- Retirement
- January 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 5
- Family name
- Brand
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Longmont
- Employer
- NASA
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Image
- VanceDBrand.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is a retired American naval officer, 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.
Brand's 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vance D. Brand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.