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8 Μαΐ 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.
7 Φεβ 2024 · See the historic photo of astronaut Bruce McCandless floating in space with the MMU device in 1984. Learn how this and other iconic photos from the STS-41B mission came to be.
6 Φεβ 2020 · On February 7 and 9, 1984, astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart used the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) to float freely in space for the first time. The mission, STS-41-B, also deployed two communications satellites and landed at Kennedy Space Center.
7 Φεβ 2019 · Learn how astronaut Bruce McCandless made history on Feb. 7, 1984, by performing a spacewalk with no lifelines tethering him to space shuttle Challenger. Find out how he used the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and see a replica of his spacesuit at Space Shuttle Atlantis.
7 Φεβ 2018 · Astronaut Bruce McCandless, who died in 2017, was the first human to float free from any earthly anchor in 1984. He shares his memories of the iconic photo, the challenges of spaceflight, and his views on the future of exploration.
Watch the historic moment when Bruce McCandless II floats free in space on Feb. 7, 1984, using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. This was the first untethered spacewalk in history, part of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s STS-41B mission.
7 Φεβ 2012 · On Feb. 7, 1984, two Challenger space shuttle astronauts, Capt. Bruce McCandless II and Col.l Robert L. Stewart, performed the first untethered spacewalk during the STS-41B mission.
