February 7, is reserved to Bruce McCandless

February 7, is reserved to Bruce McCandless
On this day in 1984, US astronaut Bruce McCandless II (pictured) performed the first untethered spacewalk. With the use of hand controllers at the ends of NASA’s manned maneuvering unit, McCandless was able to steer the craft and fly some 90 meters from the space shuttle Challenger.

Reference:
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-celebrates-50-years-of-spacewalking

Photo:
In this Feb. 7, 1984 photograph taken by his fellow crewmembers aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41B mission, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the vehicle.

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