Vance D. Brand

Vance Brand
Brand in 1971
Born	Vance DeVoe Brand (1931-05-09) May 9, 1931 (age 93) Longmont, Colorado, U.S.
Education	University of Colorado, Boulder (BS, BS) University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Awards	NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA astronaut
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
Mission insignia
Retirement	January 2008
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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.