Today is the 27th anniversary of the launch of space mission STS-41-B, during which astronaut Bruce McCandless performed the first untethered space walk. I shot the earth part in this photo, Bruce ...

American astronaut Bruce McCandless photographed during the first "untethered space walk" in human history, Feb. 7, 1984. [NOTE: View in "Full Screen" mode; see button at right.] ...

On Feb. 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless became the first person to be in space untethered. Skip to Article. Set weather. ... Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to go on an untethered space walk. By .

First Person to Walk Untethered in Space Gives a Final Interview. Astronaut Bruce McCandless offers his thoughts on an iconic photo in his last-ever interview with National Geographic.

In a photo provided by Nasa, Bruce McCandless aboard the Discovery space shuttle on April 29, 1990. McCandless, who on a 1984 mission became the first astronaut to fly untethered from his ...

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless has died at the age of 80, NASA announced Friday.You may not know his name, but you most likely have seen him in one of the most famous pictures ever taken in space ...

Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, famously captured in a 1984 photo documenting the first untethered flight in space, NASA said. He was 80.

On Feb. 7, 1984, during the Space Shuttle Challenger's STS-41B mission, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II made the first, untethered, free flight spacewalk in the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Snopes ...

This is the American astronaut Bruce McCandless II. It is 7 February 1984 and he is making the first untethered spacewalk using NASA’s Manned Manuoeuvring Unit or MMU, a project his team has been ...

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless — who died at the age of 80 on Thursday — is that untethered astronaut in one ... McCandless's spacewalk marked the first untethered walk in space by a U.S ...

Captain Bruce McCandless, the first ever astronaut to free-float on shuttle space walk, has died aged 80. NASA confirmed the sad news and paid tribute to the space pioneer. He made history in 1984 ...