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Astronaut

Vance

Brand leads

discussion

on Apollo,

beyond

Former astronaut Vance Brand visited
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Cen-
ter in California, for a discussion on the
Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. Patrick
Stoliker, AFRC’s deputy center director, in-
troduced and interviewed Brand during the
event. Brand shared his experience in mis-
sion control during the Apollo 13 mission,
as an astronaut for the Apollo-Soyuz mis-
sion, and commander for three space shuttle
missions. He also shared his thoughts on
NASA’s plan for the Artemis return to the
Moon program and on to Mars.

NASA photograph by Ken Ulbrich

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