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Pic shows first-ever untethered space walk by an astronaut with Earth in same frame
short by Anmol Sharma / on Thursday, 8 February, 2024
NASA has shared a picture showing the first-ever untethered space walk by astronaut Bruce McCandless II that took place 40 years ago. Bruce was testing out the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack device when his crewmates aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger photographed him. Earth can also be seen in the picture shared by NASA.
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