{"id":54841,"date":"2026-01-26T00:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T23:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceloversclub.com\/?page_id=54841"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:24:37","slug":"bruce-mccandless-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spaceloversclub.com\/de\/bruce-mccandless-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce McCandless II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54841\" class=\"elementor elementor-54841\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-slcsfe46 slc-breadcrumb-section elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"slcsfe46\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Bruce McCandless II (1937\u20132017) was an American NASA astronaut and Navy officer who made history on February 7, 1984. During the <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"129\">STS-41-B<\/b> mission (shuttle Challenger), he became the first person to perform an untethered spacewalk, using the <b data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"241\">MMU<\/b> (Manned Maneuvering Unit) to move 98 meters away from the shuttle.<\/p><h3 data-path-to-node=\"14\">Key facts from Bruce McCandless&#8217;s history:<\/h3><ul data-path-to-node=\"15\"><li><p data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">NASA Career:<\/b> He qualified for the fifth group of astronauts in 1966. He served as the communication operator (<b data-path-to-node=\"15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"110\">CapCom<\/b>) during the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit):<\/b> McCandless actively participated in the design of this maneuvering backpack, which allowed him to perform the independent spacewalk in 1984.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Space Missions:<\/b> He participated in two flights: <b data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"48\">STS-41-B<\/b> (1984) and <b data-path-to-node=\"15,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"68\">STS-31<\/b> (1990), spending over 312 hours in space.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"15,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Historic Spacewalk:<\/b> On February 7, 1984, during mission STS-41-B, he donned the MMU and became the &#8220;<b data-path-to-node=\"15,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"100\">first human satellite<\/b>,&#8221; floating in open space without any connection to the ship.<\/p><\/li><li><p data-path-to-node=\"15,4,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"15,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Later Life:<\/b> He retired from NASA in 1990. 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