The Inside Story of the First Untethered Spacewalk
May 8, 2024 · On February 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless ventured out into space and away from shuttle Challenger using only a nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled backpack
The Iconic Photos from STS-41B: Documenting the First Untethered ... - NASA
Feb 2, 2024 · Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS-41B mission specialist, reaches his maximum distance from space shuttle Challenger before returning to the spacecraft using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs the First Untethered Spacewalk - NASA
Feb 7, 2024 · Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm photo from Feb. 7, 1984.
Bruce McCandless II - Wikipedia
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; [1] June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit .
Astronaut Bruce McCandless on First-ever Untethered Spacewalk - NASA
Dec 1, 2016 · Astronaut Bruce McCandless II is a few meters away from the cabin of the space shuttle Challenger in this 70mm frame on Feb. 7, 1984. This spacewalk represented the first use of a nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled device called the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
This Month in NASA History: Astronauts Make First Untethered …
On February 3, 1984, 36 years ago this month, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched from Kennedy Space Center on a mission known as STS-41-B. The mission produced one of the most iconic photographs of the U.S. space program—an image of astronaut Bruce McCandless II high above Earth on the first untethered spacewalk.
First Person to Walk Untethered in Space Gives a Final Interview
Feb 7, 2018 · Astronaut Bruce McCandless hangs high above Earth during an untethered spacewalk in February 1984. Astronaut Bruce McCandless offers his thoughts on an iconic photo in his last-ever interview...
Remembering Bruce McCandless II - National Air and Space Museum
Jan 10, 2018 · Bruce McCandless II (1937-2017) is immortalized in this iconic photograph of an astronaut flying solo high above Earth. He was the first human being to do a spacewalk without a safety tether linked to a spacecraft.
35 Years Ago: First Untethered Spacewalk - Kennedy Space …
On Feb. 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history performing a spacewalk during STS-41B with no lifelines tethering him to space shuttle Challenger.
Floating in space: 40 years since the first untethered space walk
Feb 7, 2024 · 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 working on since 1966.
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