# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-brandenstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:29:00.762Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-brandenstein"
name: "Daniel Brandenstein"
slug: "daniel-brandenstein"
description: "Daniel Charles Brandenstein is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. He is a former Naval Aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1987 to 1992."
tagline: "Retired American astronaut and test pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel_Brandenstein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1943-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump