When astronaut Bruce McCandless II drifted away from the safety of the Space Shuttle in 1984, it was terrifying. Not just for the astronaut himself, but also for NASA, scientists, and everyone ...
A historic image showing astronaut Bruce McCandless II performing the first untethered spacewalk in history on February 23, 1984, during mission STS-41-B. Floating freely in space, propelled solely by ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 7, 1984, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first person to go on a spacewalk without a tether. McCandless was ...