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BRUCE McCANDLESS, Astronaut, the First Person to Fly Freely in Space, Info, Dec 23, 2017

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Astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely in space, dies

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16 hours ago - Former navy classmate John McCain leads tributes to the man who made history with his untethered flight in 1984.

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12 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to fly untethered in space, died Thursday in California, NASA officials said Friday. He was 80.

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3 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly untethered in space and whose journey into the dark void above Earth was preserved in an iconic photograph, died on Thursday. He was 80. NASA announced ... Astronaut Bruce McCandless II Floats Free in Space Video by NASA Video. One of 19 people selected ...
20 hours ago - (HOUSTON) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a ...

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22 hours ago - In 1984, McCandless strapped on a jet-powered backpack and flew away from the shuttle, by himself, untethered, with Earth as a backdrop. It was the first time an astronaut had ever floated freely in space; McCandless had helped develop the technology. McCandless had been an astronaut for a long time ...

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5 hours ago - HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the ...

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20 hours ago - HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty ...

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18 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died aged 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He travelled more than 90 metres away from the space shuttle ...
NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle Challenger during ...

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Bruce McCandless II (June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017), (Capt, USN, Ret.), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he made the first untethered free flight by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.

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17 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly free and untethered in space, has passed away at the age of 80. Photo Credit: NASA. The first person to conduct a free, untethered spacewalk, Bruce McCandless II, has passed away at the age of 80. McCandless was a naval aviator and the son of a U.S. Medal of ...

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3 mins ago - Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft in a gripping scene watched around the world, has died at the age of. ... Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut to Fly Freely in Space, Dies at 80 He was the first to fly free and untethered in space...(time.com).

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14 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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22 hours ago - Biography: Bruce McCandless II. McCandless is perhaps best remembered as the subject of a famous NASA photograph (below right), flying alongside the space shuttle in the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) -- the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft. His time as an astronaut encompassed ...

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(HOUSTON) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle ...

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18 hours ago - Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly untethered in space, died this week at 80 years old, the agency said Friday. ... After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger's payload bay, McCandless went "free-flying" to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter.

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19 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, first astronaut to fly freely in space, dies at 80 - National News Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to fly untethered in space, died Thursday in California, NASA officials said Friday. He was 80.

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22 hours ago - Captain Bruce McCandless made history in 1984 when he became the first man to fly untethered through space and also served in the Apollo 11 Mission Control team.

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1 hour ago - Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, famously captured in a 1984 photo documenting the first untethered flight in space, NASA said. He was ... Most known for being the 1st human to free-float on a shuttle spacewalk, he also served as the Apollo 11 moonwalkers' link to mission control and helped launch ...

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You may not know his name, but you most likely have seen him in one of the most famous pictures ever taken in space. In 1984, McCandless strapped on a jet-powered backpack and flew away from the shuttle, by himself, untethered, with Earth as a backdrop. It was McCandless that first went to space in ...
5 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, who was captured in a stunning photograph in 1984 as he made the first untethered flight in space, has died aged 80, Nasa said. ... "That may have been one small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap for me," he joked, adapting astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous moon-landing line.

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20 hours ago - The first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died at the age of 80. NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II died on Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. McCandless was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty ...

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13 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, the first person to float freely in space, has died at the age of 80.The Nasa astronaut was famously photographed in 1984 flying 150 miles ab.

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19 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's ...
12 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to fly in space, was killed Thursday in California, NASA officials said Friday. He was 80 years old. No cause of death reported. The famous McCandless was filmed in 1984, alone in the dark space above the blue earth. Travel more than 300 feet away from the ...

Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to fly untethered in space, has died

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20 hours ago - NASA ASTRONAUT BRUCE McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died yesterday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced this evening. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty ...

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NASA's Johnson Space Center said Friday that Bruce McCandless died Thursday in California. No cause of death was given. (NASA). By The Associated Press. Fri., Dec. 22, 2017. HOUSTON—NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously ...
19 hours ago - News Brief: Retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft, has died at the age of 80. NASA said McCandless passed away on Thursday in California, but gave no cause of death. The former naval aviator flew in space twice. During a spacewalk in 1984, ...

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20 hours ago - First astronaut to fly untethered in space, Bruce McCandless dies ... We're saddened by the loss of retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II. Most known for being the 1st human to free-float on a shuttle spacewalk, he also served as the Apollo 11 moonwalkers' link to mission control and helped launch ...

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, first to float free in space, dies at 80

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14 hours ago - The long-tenured astronaut was in mission control for the first moon landing and helped deploy the Hubble Space Telescope.

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13 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 fly.

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle ...

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21 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic...

NASA's Bruce McCandless gave us one of the most iconic space photos

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1 day ago - That loosened the tension a bit." McCandless's spacewalk marked the first untethered walk in space by a U.S. astronaut. He was also the first person on Earth to speak to Armstrong from the surface of the moon, according to space historian Robert Pearlman. Bruce McCandless flying free. Image: nasa.

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic...

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died at age 80.

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20 hours ago - HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the ...

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic...

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19 hours ago - HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth.

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NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died at age 80.

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15 hours ago - Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first person to perform an “untethered, free flight spacewalk in the Manned Maneuvering Unit,” passed away, aged 80, on December 21, 2017.According to NASA's profile, McCandless was born on June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts, attended the U.S. Naval ...

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic...

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21 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, who was the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died at age 80.

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20 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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The picture is one of the great mind-blowers of the 20th century: Astronaut Bruce McCandless is a tiny, free-flying satellite, 300 feet from the space shuttle Challenger, on the first test flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit in February 1984. Never mind the personal thrill for McCandless, who had waited 18 years for his first ...

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20 hours ago - Associated Press. HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. Start your day with the news you need ...

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14 hours ago - Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first person to perform an “untethered, free flight spacewalk in the Manned Maneuvering Unit,” passed away, aged 80, on December 21, 2017. Credit: NASA via.

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23 hours ago - Bruce McCandless II, originally from Boston, was one of 19 astronauts selected in April 1966. He flew on two Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and, later, in 1990. During his 1984 mission, McCandless became the first astronaut to fly untethered from the spacecraft using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

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17 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic...

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22 hours ago - Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a retired Navy captain and son of a Medal of Honor recipient who joined NASA during the buildup to the Apollo program, served as capsule communicator when Neil Armstrong took his historic first step on the moon and later flew in space twice during the shuttle ...

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1 day ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a ...

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22 hours ago - The first astronaut to be his own spacecraft, testing a jetpack on a tether-free spacewalk, has died at age 80. Bruce McCandless also served as Neil Armstrong's contact ... Flying 320 feet (98 m) away from space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless tests the Manned Maneuvering Unit in 1984. (NASA) ...

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maybe he is doing it again ............Godspeed Sir . "He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above the Earth. He travelled more than 90m (300ft) away from the space shuttle Challenger during the spacewalk."

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19 hours ago - HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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14 hours ago - HOUSTON — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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18 hours ago - HOUSTON | NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above, was floating free in space. McCandless and fellow NASA astronaut Robert Stewart were the first to experience such an "untethered space walk" during Space Shuttle mission 41-B in 1984. The MMU works by shooting jets of nitrogen ...

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By Sam Howard | Updated Dec. 22, 2017 at 7:53 PM Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly untethered in space, died...
8 hours ago - Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist on the STS-31 and STS-41B missions, recently passed away at the age of 80. He is always remembered as the first astronaut to fly untethered in space. He is a part of one of the most famous pictures ever taken in space. In the picture ...

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16 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from ...

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11 hours ago - File 1982: Astronaut Bruce McCandless wears a shuttle Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Suit with Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) in Houston. The NASA Johnson Space Center says he died Thursday. (NASA via Associated Press) Bruce McCandless, the first astronaut to fly untethered in space, died ...

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Bruce McCandless, the Nasa astronaut who was first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died aged 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above the Earth. He travelled more than 90m (300ft) away from the space shuttle Challenger during ...

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20 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from ...

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8 hours ago - NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly untethered in space and whose journey into the dark void above Earth was preserved ... McCandless and another astronaut, Robert L. Stewart, the article said, had effectively become "the first human satellites", orbiting the Earth at the same ...

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17 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from ...

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21 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from ...

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16 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from ...

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Bruce McCandless | Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

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During the first of his two Space Shuttle flights, in 1984, Bruce McCandless II became the first human satellite, the first person to fly free in space, without a lifeline attached to his mother ship. Six years later, he helped another shuttle crew launch the remarkable Hubble Space Telescope. McCandless was born June 8, 1937, ...

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7 hours ago - The Johnson Space Center says McCandless died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 in California. (NASA via AP). HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty ...

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Oct 13, 2013 - In this mind-blowing photograph, taken 12 February 1984, Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II, is seen further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut had ever been. This 'space first' was made possible by the Manned Maneuvering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet ...

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21 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) " NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the ...

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1 day ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. McCandless died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a ...

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5 hours ago - There are many "firsts" in space other than Neil Armstrong's first step on the Moon and Yuri Gagarin's first orbital flight. Less known to most is Alexey Leonov who was the first human to conduct an "EVA" (Extravehicular activity) in 1965 when he exited his spacecraft to perform a 12-minute long spacewalk.

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16 hours ago - HOUSTON (AP) — NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from ...

Astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely in space, dies

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14 hours ago - Bruce McCandless, the Nasa astronaut who was first particular person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died aged 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a spacewalker's jetpack…

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14 hours ago - Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first person to perform an “untethered, free flight spacewalk in the Manned Maneuvering Unit,” passed away, aged 80, on December 21, 2017. According to NASA's profile , McCandless was born on June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts, attended the U.S. Naval ...

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NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80.

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May 2, 2012 - We speak to the man who performed humanity's furthest free flying space walk. 0. 0 comments. Bruce McCandless II was born 8 June 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was selected amongst 19 astronauts by NASA in 1966 and served on two Space Shuttle flights, STS-41-B in 1984 and STS-31 in 1990.

WATCH The Epic Moment Late Astronaut Bruce McCandless Flew Into ...

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9 hours ago - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first human being to make an untethered free flight in open space, passed away Friday, aged 80. ... NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit, a breakthrough technology which allowed him to fly freely, literally 'no strings attached', into open space, on February 7, 1984.

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19 hours ago - The retired US Navy captain was the first astronaut to free float on a shuttle space walk. ... Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, who also served as the Mission Control communicator for the Apollo 11 moonwalk, had made history by ... "He will always be known for his iconic photo flying the MMU." ...

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20 hours ago - Nasa astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died at the age of 80. Mr McCandless died on Thursday in California, Nasa's Johnson Space Centre announced on Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty ...

Bruce McCandless' Terrifying-Looking Spacewalk | Popular Science

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Mar 17, 2014 - When it came time for the first EVA on February 7, the two astronauts retrieved their MMUs from their stored position in the space shuttle's payload bay. Before stepping out, McCandless wanted to see how easily he might become disoriented in free flight. He had Stewart grab his ankle and fling him around ...

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Bruce McCandless II USA Inducted in 1995. Photograph of Bruce McCandless. The first human to make an untethered, free flight spacewalk. ... He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14 mission in 1971, and in 1973 was backup Pilot for the first manned Skylab mission (SL-2). He was a co-investigator ...

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20 hours ago - Nasa astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died at the age of 80. Mr McCandless died on Thursday in California, Nasa's Johnson Space Centre announced on Friday. No cause of death was given. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty ... Alexander Language School Franchise Alexander Language Schools
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