* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" class="extiw" title="w:NASA">NASA</a> Photo ID: S84-27017
<ul><li>Program: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Shuttle</a></li>
<li>Mission: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-B" class="extiw" title="w:STS-41-B">STS-41-B</a></li>
<li>Date Taken: February 11, 1984</li>
<li>Film Type: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70mm_film" class="extiw" title="w:70mm film">70mm</a></li>
<li>Title: <i>Views of the extravehicular activity during STS 41-B</i></li>
<li>Description:</li></ul><dl><dd>Astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCandless_II" class="extiw" title="w:Bruce McCandless II">Bruce McCandless II</a>, mission specialist, participates in a extra-vehicular activity (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVA" class="extiw" title="w:EVA">EVA</a>), a few meters away from the cabin of the shuttle <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger</a>. He is using a nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/manned_maneuvering_unit" class="extiw" title="w:manned maneuvering unit">manned maneuvering unit</a> (MMU). He is performing this EVA without being tethered to the shuttle. The picture shows a cloud view of the earth in the background. Slight edit by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Richard_Bartz" title="User:Richard Bartz">User:Richard Bartz</a></dd></dl>
NASA
1984-02-11
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