Vance D. Brand

Vance D. Brand

Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American former naval officer and aviator and NASA astronaut. He was born in Longmont, Colorado. He was the 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 D. Brand Media

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  This is the American crew insignia of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). Of circular design, the insignia has a colorful border area, outlined in red, with the names of the five crew members and the words Apollo in English and Soyuz in Russian around an artist's concept of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft about to dock in Earth orbit.

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  STS-5 mission insignia

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  • Beschreibung: Emblem der de:Space Shuttle Mission de:STS-41-B
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  STS-35 Mission Insignia *Description: Designed by the crewmembers assigned to the mission, the STS-35 crew patch symbolizes the Space Shuttle flying above Earth's atmosphere to better study the many celestial objects of the universe, represented by the constellation Orion.

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  Brand (left) with Don Lind as a Skylab rescue crew

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  Brand (seated center) poses with the rest of the American and Soviet crew of Apollo–Soyuz

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  Brand (second from left) with his STS-5 crewmates

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  Brand heads into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, 1990

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  Brand (standing right) during the Apollo 13 crisis (April 1970)

Other websites

• Astronautix biography of Vance D. Brand
• Spacefacts biography of Vance D. Brand
• Brand at Encyclopedia of Science