Retired Astronaut Vance Brand - Recap.

Good Afternoon,

Well, it was quite a Saturday when the astronaut came to call! Buena Vista’s meeting room was filled to the brim with some 196 people for the fascinating visit with Vance Brand.

One highlight was finding out that a husband/wife pair of fans flew all the way down from San Francisco to attend the event and meet Vance Brand! Now that is impressive.

We’ve got some of the photos online at http://www.burbankreads08.shutterfly.com/action/ There was a long line of people waiting to get a picture taken with a real-live astronaut including this young astronaut-in-training!

Patrons were most appreciative of this wonderful program, and of course, Mr. Brand came across as the gentleman that he is. I think everyone felt like they had a moment with hero.

Meet Retired Astronaut Vance Brand!

Can you imagine a better way to celebrate reading "Rocket Boys" than by having a program featuring an actual astronaut? We sure couldn't, so the Burbank Public Library proudly presents "The Right Stuff" a visit with retired astronaut Vance Brand!

Saturday, April 12 at 2:00 PM

Buena Vista Branch Library

300 N. Buena Vista St.

818-238-5620

• Before Vance Brand became an astronaut in 1966, he was a pilot for the Marines and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.
  
• Brand was part of the first internation mission, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1975). Soviet and American astronauts met in space after an Apollo craft docked with a Soyuz craft.
  
• He was the commander of the first operational flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia (1982). In 1984, Brand commanded Mission 41-B on the Space Shuttle Challenger in which two satellites were deployed.
  
• Brand's last flight into space occurred in 1990 again on the Columbia. During this mission, the crew operated several telescopes for deep-space research.

Please see the following links for additional biographical information about our guest speaker

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brand.html

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/brand.html

Meet Retired Astronaut Vance Brand!

Can you imagine a better way to celebrate reading "Rocket Boys" than by having a program featuring an astronaut? We sure couldn't, so the Burbank Public Library proudly presents "The Right Stuff", a program featuring retired astronaut Vance Brand! Set aside Saturday, April 12 at 2:00 PM. Vance Brand will talk about his experiences, share a 16 min DVD about his last flight, and will have time for Question & Answer session.

Please see the following links for additional biographical information about our guest speaker http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/brand.html

http://www.astronautscholarship.org/brand.html