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Heart-stopping photos of the first untethered spacewalk mark 40th anniversary of daring feat
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0:58Now PlayingHeart-stopping photos of the first untethered spacewalk mark the 40th anniversary of the daring feat.
Bruce McCandless II was the first man to take an nerve-wracking romp through space without any tether to a spacecraft on Feb. 7, 1984.
The daring astronaut used the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) to control his movements rather than being connected to the Challenger shuttle.
The photo of McCandless floating in space 320 feet from the shuttle has become one of NASA’s most popular archival pieces.
The mission had two untethered spacewalks, which proved to be the “most critical” for NASA, according to a press release.
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