On February 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless became the first person to perform an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) during the STS-41B mission. On October 11, 1984 ...
In February 1984, Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart achieved a first in space exploration: untethered spacewalks ... conducted the first-ever spacewalk involving more ...
In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station ...