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The first space walk
On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and, tethered to it, float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission ...
Stranded NASA Astronaut Goes on First Space Walk Since Arriving at Space Station 7 Months Ago
One of the two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) has taken their first space walk since arriving ...
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Bruce McCandless, who made first untethered space flight, dies at 80
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 ...
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Chilling and Uneasy: The Untethered Spacewalk That Redefined Exploration
In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II made history—and defied human instinct—by stepping into the vast void of space ...
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Stranded NASA Astronaut Goes on First Space Walk Since Arriving at Space Station 7 Months Ago
has taken their first space walk since arriving at the station nearly seven months ago. Suni Williams went for the space walk on Thursday, Jan. 16 to help NASA’s Nick Hague with some outside ...