during which astronaut Bruce McCandless performed the first untethered space walk. I shot the earth part in this photo, Bruce is from this image. Zhang told USA Today that he "honestly never ...

American astronaut Bruce McCandless photographed during the first "untethered space walk" in human history, Feb. 7, 1984. [NOTE: View in "Full Screen" mode; see button at right.]NASA Contact us at ...

On Feb. 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless II became ... but it’s a heck of a big leap for me,” McCandless said on the day he floated in space - untethered. McCandless was the Mission Control ...

McCandless, who died on December 21, 2017, had a long and storied history in NASA’s space program ... when working hard. [On this untethered walk], you’re really not doing any significant ...

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless ... 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 ...

Footage of Bruce McCandless' untethered spacewalk ... Marking the anniversary of this first untethered space walk, President of FAI's Astronautic Records Commission (ICARE), Scott Neuman, commented: ...

Former astronaut Bruce McCandless II, famously captured in a 1984 photo documenting the first untethered flight in space, has died, NASA said. He was 80. McCandless flew alongside the space ...

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 ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, an X account claimed a photo showed an astronaut performing the first spacewalk without a safety tether linked to a spacecraft. "This iconic photograph is still considered one of ...

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless — who died at the age ... 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 ...

Captain Bruce McCandless, the first ever astronaut to free-float on shuttle space walk, has died aged 80 ... became the first ever astronaut to fly untethered in space while strapped into NASA's ...

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. With a jetpack, McCandless travelled 100m (328ft ...