# Bruce McCandless II during EVA in 1984

- By: NASA
- Date: Taken on 11 February 1984
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: grin.hq.nasa.gov at the Wayback Machine (archived 2001-02-23)
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruce_McCandless_II_during_EVA_in_1984.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Bruce_McCandless_II_during_EVA_in_1984.jpg/1920px-Bruce_McCandless_II_during_EVA_in_1984.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.