Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984
Taken on 11 February 1984
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- grin.hq.nasa.gov at the Wayback Machine (archived 2001-02-23)
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Mission: STS-41-B
Film Type: 70 mm
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 Space 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.
