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العربية: رائد الفضاء بروس مكاندلس يطوف على بُعد بضعة أمتار من مكُّوك تشالنجر سنة 1984م
Deutsch: Astronaut Bruce McCandless II bei einem Außenbordeinsatz während der Mission STS-41-B
English:
  • 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.
Date Taken on 11 February 1984
Source grin.hq.nasa.gov at the Wayback Machine (archived 2001-02-23)
Author NASA
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Captions

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, on the first untethered spacewalk

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Bruce McCandless II

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Manned Maneuvering Unit

significant event

STS-41-B

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determination method: work of the federal government of the United States

Commons quality assessment

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inception

7 February 1984

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S84-27017

catalog: Media catalogue of the Johnson Space Center

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location of creation

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