Vance D. Brand
Test pilot and NASA astronaut · United States · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1931 · age 95
Vance DeVoe Brand 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.
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1996International Space Hall of FameAward1975In historySoyuz-Apollo Test ProjectWith 
Alexey Leonov 3 moreCrewNASA Distinguished Service MedalAward1974NASA Exceptional Service MedalAward1931Born9 May 1931
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Brand (left) with Don Lind as a Skylab rescue crew
Brand (seated center) poses with the rest of the American and Soviet crew of Apollo-Soyuz
Brand (second from left) with his STS-5 crewmates
Brand heads into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, 1990
Brand (standing right) during the Apollo 13 crisis (April 1970)Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Astronauts
Type
Astronaut
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1931 · age 95
