STS-35
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STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, in the 38th shuttle mission. It was devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes. The
ASTRO-1 in Columbia's payload bay
Back row: Parker, Parise, Hoffman and Durrance Front row: Gardner, Brand and LoungeSpace Shuttle program← STS-38 (37)STS-37 (39) →
Columbia on Pad 39A with Discovery on Pad 39B in the distance.
Columbia finally heads aloft on December 2, 1990.
Vance D. Brand
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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
STS-35
…command this mission, which would have been his second spaceflight. He chose to retire from NASA in May 1989 and was replaced as mission commander by Vance D. Brand. In addition, Richard N. Richards (as pilot) and David C. Leestma (as mission specialist), were replaced by Guy S. Gardner and John M. Lounge respectively…
Brand in 1971
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