NASA Honors Legendary Astronaut Vance Brand

NASA will honor former astronaut Vance Brand for his involvement in the Apollo space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award at 9 p.m. EST (7 p.m. MST), Friday, Jan. 20 in the City Council Chambers, Longmont Civic Center, 350 Kimbark St., Longmont, Colo.

NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38 astronauts who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs for realizing America’s vision of space exploration from 1961 to 1972.

The award is a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite and mounted for public display. The material is part of the 842 pounds of samples brought back to Earth during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972. Brand’s award will be displayed at the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center.

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