Aug. 22, 2005

Dryden Flight Research Center
P.O. Box 273
Edwards, California 93523
Phone 661/276-3449
FAX 661/276-3566

Alan Brown
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Phone: 661/276-2665
alan.brown@dfrc.nasa.gov
RELEASE: 05-56P

BRAND HONORED AT JETHAWKS' AEROSPACE APPRECIATION NIGHT

Former Apollo-Soyuz and Space Shuttle astronaut Vance Brand was 
honored this past weekend by the Lancaster Jethawks Class A 
California League baseball team during its annual Aerospace 
Appreciation Night. Brand, currently deputy associate director of 
aerospace programs at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and a 
resident of Tehachapi, and fellow astronaut / research pilot Gordon 
Fullerton flew two low-level passes in a NASA T-38 over the stadium 
just before game time. Brand then returned to sign autographs on 
hundreds of bobblehead dolls in his likeness for appreciative fans. 
The evening was complete when the Jethawks defeated the Lake Elsinore 
Storm, followed by a fireworks display after the game concluded. 

PHOTO EDITORS: The following photos to support this release are 
available in publication quality on-line for downloading at: 
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/newsphotos.

	
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