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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...
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    Duration: 6 hours, 17 minutes The STS-41-B crew included commander Vance D. Brand, making his second Shuttle flight; pilot Robert L. Gibson; and mission...
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    launched with a crew of two and return a crew of five.: 1–1  Astronauts Vance Brand and Don Lind were assigned as the rescue crew, in the event of the mission's...
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    Apollo module to fly. The three American astronauts, Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, and Deke Slayton, and two Soviet cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov and Valery...
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  • journalist and essayist Vance D. Brand (born 1931), NASA astronaut Vance Breese (1904–1973), American aviation engineer and test pilot Vance DeGeneres (born 1954)...
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    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...
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    on October 5, 1967. He was replaced by Bean, who flew on Apollo 12. Vance D. Brand – from Group 5; was on the support crew for Apollo 8 and Apollo 13;...
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  • son of Theodor Ulrich Brand (born 1967), German political scientist Vance D. Brand (born 1931), American astronaut William Brand (1888–1979), Australian...
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    engineering program. The backup crew was Richard F. Gordon Jr. as commander, Vance D. Brand as command module pilot and Harrison H. Schmitt as Lunar Module pilot...
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  • USMC, retired) Gerald P. Carr (Skylab 4 - Colonel, USMC, retired) Vance D. Brand (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Command Module Pilot) - USMC 1953–1957,...
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