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
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
STS-41-B
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STS-41-B was NASA's tenth Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. It launched on February 3, 1984, and landed on February 11, 1984, after deploying two communicati
Vance D. Brand
…positions relating to spacecraft development, acquisition, flight safety and mission operations. Brand flew on four space missions; Apollo–Soyuz, STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35. He logged 746 hours in space and commanded three missions. Brand was the last member of his astronaut class to remain active with NASA…
Bruce McCandless II demonstrates the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), floating in space above a clouded Earth.
Standing: Stewart, McNair and McCandless. Stewart and McCandless are wearing Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs). Seated: Brand and GibsonSpace Shuttle program← STS-9STS-41-C (11) →
STS-41B launch
Palapa B2 after deployment