At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above, was floating free in space.
McCandless and fellow NASA astronaut Robert Stewart were the first to experience such an [...]



Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/2009/09/27/picture-of-the-day-to-fly-free-in-space/
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