 Astronaut Bruce McCandless on the first spacewalk using MMU, 1984.
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Picture Number:10299477
Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Caption:
The Manned Manoeuvring Unit (MMU) has small gas thrusters which enable an astronaut to move around outside the Space Shuttle without a tether. This was first flown by McCandless on the Space Shuttle Challenger 41-B (STS-10) mission in February 1984.
In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library
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