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The Extremely Rare iconic photo shows astronaut Bruce McCandless II during the first-ever untethered spacewalk on February 7, 1984, on the NASA mission STS-41-B. Wearing a nitrogen-propelled jetpack called the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), he drifted 320 feet (98 meters) away from the Space Shuttle Challenger against the black void of space.
The \"loneliest\" or \"scariest\" space photo because it shows mccandless completely untethered, floating over 320 feet away from the space shuttle challenger
Mission and Photo Facts Date: February 7, 1984Mission: STS-41-B aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger Max Distance: 320 feet (98 meters) from the orbiter
Equipment: Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) jetpack powered by nitrogen gas thrusters
Photographer: Fellow astronaut Robert Stewart
Excellent Vintage Condition (8x10 Kodak)
