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Image: Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984

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Description: Mission: STS-41-B Film Type: 70 mm Title: Views of the extravehicular activity during STS 41-B Description: Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist, participates in a extra-vehicular activity (EVA), a few meters away from the cabin of Space Shuttle Challenger. He is using a nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). He is performing this EVA without being tethered to the shuttle. The picture shows a cloud view of the Earth in the background.
Title: Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984
Credit: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001156.html
Author: NASA
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