File:Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984.jpg

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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
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  • 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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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, on the first untethered spacewalk

7 February 1984

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