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Vance D. Brand

1931 - Today

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Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) 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 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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vance D. Brand is the 139th most popular astronaut (down from 133rd in 2019), the 5,161st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,073rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Vance D. Brand ranks 139 out of 556. Before him are Musa Manarov, Alfred Worden, Peggy Whitson, Christina Koch, Franklin Chang Díaz, and Boris Volynov. After him are Sidney M. Gutierrez, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Rusty Schweickart, Georgy Grechko, Rakesh Sharma, and Joseph A. Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Vance D. Brand ranks 262. Before him are Dino da Costa, Mickey Mantle, Allen Klein, Bob Anderson, Duško Gojković, and Nílton de Sordi. After him are Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Tab Hunter, Yoji Yamada, William Goldman, Rogelio Domínguez, and Georgy Grechko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vance D. Brand ranks 5,161 out of 20,380. Before him are Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Pete Maravich (1947), Rocky Graziano (1919), William Conrad (1920), and Evelyn Furtsch (1914). After him are Corey Taylor (1973), John Elkann (1976), Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), Eileen Ryan (1927), Sam Jaffe (1891), and Jonathan Winters (1925).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Vance D. Brand ranks 66. Before him are Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), James McDivitt (1929), Alfred Worden (1932), Peggy Whitson (1960), and Christina Koch (1979). After him are Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Joe Engle (1932), Mae Jemison (1956), and Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951).

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