AkaSci 🛰️ on Nostr: Forty years ago on Feb 7, 1984, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II (Jun 8, 1937 – ...
Forty years ago on Feb 7, 1984, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II (Jun 8, 1937 – Dec 21, 2017) made the first ever untethered free flight using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and starred in one of the most memorable images of our time, an image that inspires us to this day.
https://www.nasa.gov/history/photos-from-sts-41b/1/n
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