{"id":90449,"date":"2020-06-15T18:03:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T22:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-461927"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:38:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:38:06","slug":"vance-d-brand","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/vance-d-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance D. Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?w=640\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 52% 14%; object-position: 52% 14%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png 2022w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=241,300 241w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=768,955 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=824,1024 824w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=1235,1536 1235w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=1647,2048 1647w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=322,400 322w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=483,600 483w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=724,900 724w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=965,1200 965w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ec98-44705-1.png?resize=1609,2000 1609w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Vance D. Brand<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">Former NASA Astronaut<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Prior to his retirement from NASA in January 2008, former astronaut Vance D. Brand served as acting Associate Director for Programs at NASA\u2019s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. Prior to that assignment, Brand served as the center\u2019s Acting Director and Deputy Director for Aerospace Projects. He also briefly served as Acting Chief Engineer after an assignment as Assistant Chief of Flight Operations at Dryden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recognized aerospace engineer and test pilot with almost 10,000 flying hours, Brand is perhaps best known as for his career as a NASA astronaut. One of the 19 pilot astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, Brand initially was a crewmember in the thermal vacuum chamber testing of the prototype Apollo command module and a support crewman on Apollo 8 and 13. Later he was backup command module pilot for Apollo 15 and backup commander for Skylabs 3 and 4. As an astronaut he held management positions relating to spacecraft development, acquisition, flight safety and mission operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brand flew on four space missions. He was Apollo command module pilot on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apollo-soyuz-test-project\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"255419\">Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)<\/a> mission in 1975. This flight resulted in the historic meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Brand later commanded space shuttle flights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-5\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"289593\">STS-5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-41b\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"257412\">STS-41B<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-35\/\" data-type=\"mission\" data-id=\"281180\">STS-35<\/a> in 1982, 1984 and 1990 respectively. He has logged 746 hours in space. After leaving the Astronaut Office in 1992, Brand became Chief of Plans at the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Joint Program Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH. He transferred to NASA Dryden in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1240&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1240\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1240&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The crew of STS-5 poses for a group shot. Commander Vance Brand holds a sign that says "Ace Moving Co."\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 49% 30%; object-position: 49% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1240&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=300&h=194&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=768&h=496&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=1024&h=661&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=1536&h=992&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=400&h=258&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=600&h=388&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=900&h=581&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s05-07-267\/s05-07-267~large.jpg?w=1200&h=775&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">STS005-07-267 (12 Nov. 1982) — A pre-set 35mm camera?s exposure of all four STS-5 astronaut crew members reveals a bit of their humorous side. The sign held by astronaut Vance D. Brand, crew commander, refers to the successful deployment of two commercial communications satellites on the flight’s first two days. Brand is surrounded by, clockwise, left to right, astronauts William B. Lenoir, mission specialist, Robert F. Overmyer, pilot, and Joseph O. Allen IV, mission specialist, in the middeck area of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Brand graduated from Longmont High School, Longmont, CO, then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the University of Colorado in 1953. He then served with the U.S. Marine Corps as a commissioned officer and naval aviator from 1953 to 1957, including a 15-month tour in Japan as a jet fighter pilot. Brand then returned to college, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employed as a civilian by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from 1960 to 1966, he worked initially as a flight test engineer on the Navy\u2019s P3A aircraft. In 1963, Brand graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and was assigned as an experimental test pilot on Canadian and German F-104 programs for Lockheed at Palmdale, CA. During this period, Brand earned a master\u2019s degree in business administration from UCLA in 1964. Brand later worked at the West German F-104G Flight Test Center at Istres, France, as an experimental test pilot and leader of a Lockheed flight test advisory group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brand amassed some 9,669 flying hours in his career, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has received numerous honors during his lengthy career, including NASA Distinguished Service Medals (1975 and 1992); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 and 1988); Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal (1976); University of Colorado Alumnus of the Century (1 of 12) (1976); Harmon Trophy (Astronaut) (1993); NASA Space Flight Medals (1983, 1984, 1992); International Space Hall of Fame (1996); U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (1997); International Aerospace Hall of Fame (2001), Meritorious Executive, U.S. Senior Executive Service (1997), and honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Colorado (2000).<br> He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society of Experimental Test Pilots and American Astronautical Society. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-archived-news nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-archived-news\">\t\t<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-grid-container w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22 width-full w-full maxw-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More About Vance D. Brand\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-grid-container grid-container padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/astronaut-vance-brand-leads-discussion-apollo-beyond\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?resize=600,401 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/afrc2019-0244-18-1.jpg?resize=900,601 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 min read\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-16\">Astronaut Vance Brand Leads a Discussion on Apollo and Beyond<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"heading-12 display-flex flex-align-center font-weight-bold text-uppercase margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-right-2\"><div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-auto\"><svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg><span>Image Article<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t5 years ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apollo-soyuz-test-project-training\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/588661main_S75-22856_full.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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