Bruce McCandless
| Bruce McCandless II | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
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| Tillstånd | Pensionerad |
| Född | 8 juni 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Död | 21 december 2017 (80 år) Kalifornien, USA |
| Andra yrken | Ingenjör, Navigatör |
| Grad | Kommendör, United States Navy |
| Tid i rymden | 13 dagar, 31 minuter |
| Urvalsgrupp | Astronautgrupp 5 |
| Antal rymdpromenader | 2 |
| Rymdpromenadtid | 12 timmar, 12minuter |
| Uppdrag | STS-41-B, STS-31 |
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Bruce McCandless, född 8 juni 1937 i Boston, Massachusetts, död 21 december 2017 i Kalifornien,[1] var en amerikansk astronaut uttagen i astronautgrupp 5 den 4 april 1966.
Han var tillsammans med Story Musgrave och Russell L. Schweickart backup för besättningen på Skylab 2. Den 7 februari 1984 blev McCandless den första mänskliga satelliten då han provflög Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), han tog sig ungefär 100 meter bort från rymdfärjan utan att vara säkrad med lina vid färjan.
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”Biographical Data” (på engelska) (PDF). NASA. december 2017. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mccandless_bruce.pdf?emrc=e088b4. Läst 5 maj 2024.
- ^ Stevens, Matt (23 december 2017). ”Bruce McCandless, First to Fly Untethered in Space, Dies at 80” (på engelska). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/obituaries/bruce-mccandless-dead-astronaut.html. Läst 30 december 2017.
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STS-31 shuttle mission flight insignia. The mission insignia for NASA's STS-31 mission features the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in its observing configuration against a background of the universe it will study. The cosmos includes a stylistic depiction of galaxies in recognition of the contribution made by Sir Edwin Hubble to our understanding of the nature of galaxies and the expansion of the universe. The STS-31 crew points out that is it in honor of Hubble's work that this great observatory in space bears his name. The depicted Space Shuttle trails a spectrum symbolic of both the red shift observations that were so important to Hubble's work and new information which will be obtained with the HST. Encircling the art work, designed by the crew, are the names of its members.
STS-31 shuttle mission flight insignia. The mission insignia for NASA's STS-31 mission features the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in its observing configuration against a background of the universe it will study. The cosmos includes a stylistic depiction of galaxies in recognition of the contribution made by Sir Edwin Hubble to our understanding of the nature of galaxies and the expansion of the universe. The STS-31 crew points out that is it in honor of Hubble's work that this great observatory in space bears his name. The depicted Space Shuttle trails a spectrum symbolic of both the red shift observations that were so important to Hubble's work and new information which will be obtained with the HST. Encircling the art work, designed by the crew, are the names of its members.