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  • Mission: STS-41-B
  • Film Type: 70mm
  • 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 the 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.
Deutsch: Astronaut Bruce McCandless II bei einem Außenbordeinsatz während der Mission STS-41-B
Date 11 February 1984
Source http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001156.html
Author NASA
Shuttle.svg This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Centre of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: S84-27017 AND Alternate ID: GPN-2000-001156.
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