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Vance D. Brand

1931 - Today

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Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vance D. Brand has received more than 269,576 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Vance D. Brand is the 143rd most popular astronaut (down from 130th in 2019), the 5,848th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,045th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 24

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  • 3.11

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Vance D. Brand ranks 143 out of 524Before him are Barbara Morgan, Vitaly Zholobov, Anatoly Levchenko, Rick Husband, William Shepherd, and Peggy Whitson. After him are Ronald McNair, Michael R. Clifford, Roberta Bondar, Vitaly Sevastyanov, David M. Brown, and Pavel Vinogradov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Vance D. Brand ranks 301Before him are Elias M. Stein, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Ivan Toplak, Yuriy Voynov, Vlastimil Bubník, and Mady Mesplé. After him are Shunichiro Okano, Sergio Sebastiani, Hans Alfredson, Mike Parkes, Emam-Ali Habibi, and John Norman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vance D. Brand ranks 5,848 out of 18,182Before him are Tim Blake Nelson (1964), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Julian Jaynes (1920), Amanda Righetti (1983), and John D. MacDonald (1916). After him are Joshua Bell (1967), Paul Arizin (1928), Liao Zhongkai (1877), Vincent Pastore (1946), Lee Pace (1979), and Frank Loomis (1896).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Vance D. Brand ranks 53Before him are Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Mae Jemison (1956), Barbara Morgan (1951), Rick Husband (1957), William Shepherd (1949), and Peggy Whitson (1960). After him are Ronald McNair (1950), Michael R. Clifford (1952), David M. Brown (1956), William E. Thornton (1929), Elliot See (1927), and Charles Bassett (1931).