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Space Shuttle -- April 1983
Astronaut Bruce McCandless I …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist, participates in an extravehicular activity a few meters away from the cabin of the shuttle Challenger during the STS-41B mission. He is using a nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled Manned Maneuvering Unit. This was the first time an astronaut performed a spacewalk without being tethered to the shuttle.
Date 7/18/08
McCandless on Arm in Aft Pay …
Title McCandless on Arm in Aft Payload Bay
Full Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS-41B mission specialist, tests a Mobile Foot Restraint (MFR) attached to the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. McCandless appears to be walking on cargo, but is realy being flown over it by the combination MFR and RMS. His helmet visor reflects parts of the payload bay that can't be seen in the larger portion of the photo. Behind him can be seen both the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods.
Date 02/13/1984
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
McCandless with Space Screw …
Title McCandless with Space Screw Gun
Full Description EVA Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, is using a special power tool to conduct an experiment. His feet are anchored in the mobile foot restraints, which are connected to the Remote Manipulator System's (RMS) End Effector. The Shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-01A) serves as a test subject for McCandless's experiment. The SPAS-01A is located in the center of the open cargo bay. Behind him is the protective cradle for the Westar VI satellite.
Date 02/12/1984
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Backpacking
Title Backpacking
Full Description Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut ever has. This space first was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet propelled backpack. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger's payload bay, McCandless went "free-flying" to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. The MMU is controled by joy sticks positioned at the end of the arm rests. Moving the joy sticks left or right or by pulling them fires nitrogen jet thrusters propelling McCandless in any direction he chooses. A still camera is mounted on the upper right portion of the MMU. This stunning view shows McCandless with the MMU out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space.
Date 02/11/1984
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Bruce McCandless on mid-deck
Title Bruce McCandless on mid-deck
Full Description STS-31 Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II, wearing liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG), works his way out of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso on the mid deck of Discovery. McCandless was in a standby mode to perform a spacewalk if needed to support Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment and post-deployment tasks on April 25, 1990. The deployment of the telescope was executed flawlessly, and McCandless' assistance was not needed.
Date 04/25/1990
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
EVAtion
Title EVAtion
Full Description Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II, is seen further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut has ever been. This space first was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet propelled backpack. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger's payload bay, McCandless went "free-flying" to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. This stunning orbital panorama view shows McCandless out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space.
Date 02/12/1984
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
To Fly Free in Space
Title To Fly Free in Space
Explanation 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 [ http://www.astronautix.com/craft/shulemmu.htm ] (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001087.html ], was floating free in space. McCandless [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccandless-b.html ] and fellow NASA astronaut [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html ] Robert Stewart [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/stewart-rl.html ] were the first to experience such an "untether [ http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtether.html ]ed space walk [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990801.html ]" during Space Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990411.html ] mission 41-B [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-B ] in 1984 [ http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/ ]. The MMU [ http://galacticvoyager.com/pat/mmu/ ] works by shooting jets of nitrogen [ http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/7.html ] and has since been used to help deploy and retrieve satellites. With a mass over 140 kilograms, an MMU is heavy on Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070325.html ], but, like everything, is weightless when drifting in orbit. The MMU was replaced with the SAFER [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011002.html ] backpack propulsion unit.
To Fly Free in Space
Title To Fly Free in Space
Explanation 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 [ http://www.astronautix.com/craft/shulemmu.htm ] (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above [ http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001087.html ], was floating free in space. McCandless [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccandless-b.html ] and fellow NASA astronaut [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html ] Robert Stewart [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/stewart-rl.html ] were the first to experience such an "untether [ http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtether.html ]ed space walk [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990801.html ]" during Space Shuttle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990411.html ] mission 41-B [ http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/chron/sts41-b.htm ] in 1984 [ http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/ ]. The MMU [ http://galacticvoyager.com/pat/mmu/ ] works by shooting jets of nitrogen [ http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/7.html ] and has since been used to help deploy and retrieve satellites. With a mass over 140 kilograms, an MMU is heavy on Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050102.html ], but, like everything, is weightless when drifting in orbit. The MMU was replaced with the SAFER [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap011002.html ] backpack propulsion unit.
Astronaut Bruce McCandless t …
Title Astronaut Bruce McCandless tests astronaut maneuvering unit
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, backup pilot for Skylab 2, tests the balance and control of an astronaut maneuvering unit (AMU) test model at Martin Marietta Corporation's Denver division. The jet-powered backpack can fly for 30 minutes and can be worn over normal clothing or space suit.
Date 08.16.1973
STS-31 Mission Specialist (M …
Title STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) McCandless in EMU prior to JSC WETF simulation
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on platform before it is lifted and lowered into the 25-ft deep pool of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Once underwater, McCandless will achieve a neutrally buoyant state and will rehearse extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures associated with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) payload. There are no EVAs planned for the flight aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.
Date 11.15.1989
View of Astronaut Bruc McCan …
Title View of Astronaut Bruc McCandless during EVA
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, 41-B mission specialist, tests a mobile foot restraint (MFR) attached to the remote manipulator system (RMS). The aft portion of the Challenger, to which the RMS is connected, is seen in the lower left corner. The protective cradle that the WESTAR VI satellite used in the left corner of the frame. Below McCandless can be seen the cloudy surface of the earth (27037,27040), McCandless "rides" the RMS arm during a lengthy EVA. The 41-B mission specialist has his eyes on the shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-01A) in the middle of the Challenger's cargo bay (27038), McCandless appears to be walking on cargo, but is realy being flown over it by the combination of MFR and RMS. His helmet visor reflects parts of the payload bay that can't be seen in the larger portion of the photo. Behind him can be seen both the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods (27039).
Date 02.12.1984
View of Astronaut Bruce McCa …
Title View of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II during EVA
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, 41-B mission specialist, tests a mobile foot restraint (MFR) attached to the end effector of the remote manipulator system (RMS). The Challenger was flying with its aft end aimed toward the Earth. This photo shows where the MFR connects to the end effector of the RMS arm as the astronaut hangs above the open payload bay.
Date 02.11.1984
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …
Description KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Pad 39-B at 8:33 a.m. EDT carrying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope. STS-31 crew members are Commander Loren Shriver, Pilot Charles Bolden and Mission Specialists Steven Hawley, Bruce McCandless II and Kathryn Sullivan.
Release Date 04/24/1990
STS-31 crewmembers review ch …
Title STS-31 crewmembers review checklist with instructor on JSC's FB-SMS middeck
Description STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II (left) and Pilot Charles F. Bolden (right) discuss procedures with a training instructor on the middeck of JSC's fixed-based (FB) Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS). The three are pointing to a checklist during this training simulation in the Mission Simulation and Training Facility Bldg 5.
Date Taken 1988-07-14
STS-31 crewmembers participa …
Title STS-31 crewmembers participate in preflight ARRIFLEX camera briefing at JSC
Description Seated around a conference table are STS-31 crewmembers (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, MS Bruce McCandless II, Commander Loren J. Shriver, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan. At the far right a training instructor looks on as McCandless handles the ARRIFLEX camera base. The briefing in part of the crew's preflight training at JSC.
Date Taken 1989-05-25
STS-31 crewmembers participa …
Title STS-31 crewmembers participate in preflight ARRIFLEX camera briefing at JSC
Description A training instructor (foreground) explains the use of the ARRIFLEX camera during a briefing for the STS-31 crewmembers. Holding and examining the ARRIFLEX equipment is Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn D. Sullivan. Seated next to her is Commander Loren J. Shriver (partially blocked by Sullivan). In the background on the opposite side of the table are MS Steven A. Hawley (left) and MS Bruce McCandless II.
Date Taken 1989-05-25
STS-31 MS McCandless listens …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless listens intently during JSC camera briefing
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II listens intently during a JSC Photo/TV briefing. McCandless, along with the other crewmembers, is participating in the camera training session to familiarize himself with the photographic equipment he will use aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103 during his upcoming mission.
Date Taken 1989-06-06
STS-31 Mission Specialist Mc …
Title STS-31 Mission Specialist McCandless examines camera lens during JSC briefing
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II examines a camera lens during a JSC photography briefing. McCandless, along with other crewmembers, is familiarizing himself with the camera equipment he will use aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, during his upcoming mission.
Date Taken 1989-06-06
STS-31 MS McCandless dons EM …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless dons EMU for JSC EVA underwater simulation in WETF pool
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso, pulls his head and arms through the EMU upper torso with the assistance of two technicians. McCandless is positioned on a platform at the poolside of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Once fully suited in the EMU, McCandless will be lowered into the nearby pool via the platform. Underwater and in a neutrally buoyant state, McCandless will rehearse contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures associated with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) payload. There are no EVAs planned for the flight aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.
Date Taken 1989-11-15
STS-31 Mission Specialist (M …
Title STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) McCandless in EMU prior to JSC WETF simulation
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on platform before it is lifted and lowered into the 25-ft deep pool of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Once underwater, McCandless will achieve a neutrally buoyant state and will rehearse extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures associated with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) payload. There are no EVAs planned for the flight aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.
Date Taken 1989-11-15
STS-31 MS McCandless inspect …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless inspects HST tools during bench review at Boeing FEPF
Description Clean-suited STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II attaches an extension which is tethered to the ratchet caddy assembly to a torque limiter during the STS-31 bench review at Boeing's Flight Equipment Processing Facility (FEPF) near the JSC site. The tools McCandless is experimenting with will be used if extravehicular activity (EVA) operations are required during the STS-31 deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Technicians and training personnel stand by ready to explain the equipment and its operation.
Date Taken 1990-03-20
STS-31 crewmembers during T- …
Title STS-31 crewmembers during T-30 (30 days before launch) briefing at JSC
Description STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crewmembers (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn D. Sullivan, MS Steven A. Hawley, and MS Bruce McCandless II participate in T-30 (thirty days before launch) briefing at JSC's Auditorium and Public Affairs Facility Bldg 2. Scale models of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) are displayed in front of the crewmembers as they field questions from the audience of news media representatives.
Date Taken 1990-03-27
STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU, during JSC WETF underwater simulation
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), maneuvers around the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector during an underwater simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. The end effector is attached to a grapple fixture on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mockup. A SCUBA-equipped diver looks on as McCandless completes RMS-related activities. Though no extravehicular activity (EVA) is planned for STS-31, two crewmembers train for contingencies that would necessitate leaving the shirt sleeve environment of Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, crew cabin and performing chores with the HST payload or related hardware in the payload bay (PLB).
Date Taken 1990-03-05
STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU, during EVA underwater simulation in JSC's WETF
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), uses a wrench to release a port side latch mechanism during an extravehicular activity (EVA) underwater simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. In the foreground on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mockup is a Support System Module (SSM) forward shell support structure. Behind McCandless is the HST mockup and a SCUBA-equipped diver. Though no EVA is planned for the STS-31 mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, two crewmembers train for contingencies that would necessitate leaving the shirt sleeve environment of the crew cabin and performing chores with the HST payload or related hardware in the payload bay (PLB).
Date Taken 1990-03-05
STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless, in EMU, during JSC WETF underwater simulation
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II (left), wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), maneuvers his way around a mockup of the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector during an underwater simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. The end effector is attached to a grapple fixture on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mockup. As McCandless performs contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures, fellow crewmember MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, in EMU, works on the opposite side of the HST mockup, and SCUBA-equipped divers monitor the activity. Though no EVA is planned for STS-31, the two crewmembers train for contingencies that would necessitate leaving the shirt sleeve environment of Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103's, crew cabin and performing chores with the HST payload or related hardware in the payload bay (PLB).
Date Taken 1990-03-05
STS-31 MS McCandless and MS …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless and MS Sullivan during JSC WETF underwater simulation
Description This overall view shows STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II (left) and MS Kathryn D. Sullivan making a practice space walk in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. McCandless works with a mockup of the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector which is attached to a grapple fixture on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mockup. Sullivan manipulates HST hardware on the Support System Module (SSM) forward shell. SCUBA-equipped divers monitor the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) suited crewmembers during this simulated extravehicular activity (EVA). No EVA is planned for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment, but the duo has trained for contingencies which might arise during the STS-31 mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Photo taken by NASA JSC photographer Sheri Dunnette.
Date Taken 1990-03-05
STS-31 crewmembers pose for …
Title STS-31 crewmembers pose for informal portrait after T-30 briefing at JSC
Description STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crewmembers pose for an informal portrait after the T-30 (thirty days before launch) briefing at JSC's Auditorium and Public Affairs Facility Bldg 2. Standing behind the conference table are (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, MS Bruce McCandless II, Pilot Charles F. Bolden, and Commander Loren J. Shriver.
Date Taken 1990-03-27
STS-31 crewmembers pose for …
Title STS-31 crewmembers pose for informal portrait after T-30 briefing at JSC
Description STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crewmembers pose for an informal portrait after the T-30 (thirty days before launch) briefing at JSC's Auditorium and Public Affairs Facility Bldg 2. Standing behind the conference table are (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, MS Bruce McCandless II, Pilot Charles F. Bolden, and Commander Loren J. Shriver.
Date Taken 1990-03-27
STS-31 crewmembers, wearing …
Title STS-31 crewmembers, wearing LESs, in M113 tracked vehicle during TCDT at KSC
Description STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), take a break from emergency escape procedures in front of the M113 tracked vehicle during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). From left are Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, and MS Steven A. Hawley. View provided by KSC with alternate number KSC-90PC-448.
Date Taken 1990-04-17
Portrait of Astronaut Group …
Title Portrait of Astronaut Group selected on April 4, 1966
Description Portrait of Astronaut Group selected April 4, 1966. Seated, left to right, are Edward G. Givens Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Charles M. Duke Jr., Don L. Lind, Fred W. Haise Jr., Joe H. Engle, Vance D. Brand, John S. Bull, and Bruce McCandless II. Standing, left to right, are John L. Swigert Jr., William R. Pogue, Ronald E. Evans, Paul J. Weitz, James B. Irwin, Gerald P. Carr, Stuart A. Roosa, Alfred M. Worden, Thomas K. Mattingly, and Jack R. Lousma.
Date Taken 1967-05-01
STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Ve …
Title STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Official crew portrait
Description The five astronaut crewmembers for the STS-31 mission have chosen a busy night sky scene as a background for their portrait. Wearing mission t-shirts are (left to right) Pilot Charles F. Bolden, Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, Commander Loren J. Shriver, MS Bruce McCandless II, and MS Kathryn D. Sullivan. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) depicted in the upper left of the background scene is scheduled to be deployed from the payload bay (PLB) of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, by the crew. Portrait made by NASA JSC contract photographer Jack Jacob.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 crew egresses Discove …
Title STS-31 crew egresses Discovery, OV-103, via stairway after EAFB landing
Description NASA's Acting Associate Administrator for Space Flight William B. Lenoir greets the STS-31 crew as they egress Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, via a mobile stairway. Stepping off the bottom stair onto Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) concrete runway 22 is Commander Loren J. Shriver. He is followed by Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, MS Bruce McCandless II, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Pilot Charles F. Bolden. Ground personnel look on as the crewmembers, wearing their launch and entry suits (LESs), exit OV-103. Wheel stop occurred at 6:51:00 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)).
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 crew poses on EAFB co …
Title STS-31 crew poses on EAFB concrete runway after egressing OV-103
Description STS-31 crewmembers, wearing their launch and entry suits (LESs), pose for an informal portrait on Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) concrete runway 22 after egressing Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Left to right are Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, Pilot Charles F. Bolden, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, Commander Loren J. Shriver, and MS Bruce McCandless II. A service vehicle and OV-103's main landing gear (MLG) are visible in the background. The highly successful five-day mission concluded at EAFB with wheel stop at 6:51:00 am (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)).
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 MS McCandless in LCVG …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless in LCVG removes EMU lower torso on OV-103's middeck
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, wearing liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG), works his way out of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso on the middeck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. McCandless was in a standby mode to perform extravehicular activity (EVA) if needed to support Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment and post- deployment tasks. None was needed. His helmet and gloves freefloat in the background.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 MS McCandless and MS …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless and MS Sullivan set up PCG-III on OV-103's middeck
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II positions 35mm camera on the Protein Crystal Growth III (PCG-III) as MS Kathryn D. Sullivan lights the PCG-III module from below with a portable light fixture. During the photographic documentation of the developing crystals, PCG-III is extended from its middeck locker MF14H.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 MS McCandless in LCVG …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless in LCVG removes EMU lower torso on OV-103's middeck
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II, wearing liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG), is assisted by the microgravity of space as he removes the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso. McCandless was in a standby mode to perform extravehicular activity (EVA) if needed to support Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment and post-deployment tasks. None was needed. His EMU helmet and gloves freefloat in the background.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 MS McCandless with LI …
Title STS-31 MS McCandless with LINHOF camera on OV-103's forward flight deck
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II looks away from the bracket-mounted LINHOF Aero Technika camera on the forward flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, to pose for this picture. McCandless is positioned in the commanders station and is recording Earth observations outside forward flight deck window W2. His hair freefloats away from his head in the microgravity environment and he sports a five o'clock shadow.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 MS Sullivan, MS McCan …
Title STS-31 MS Sullivan, MS McCandless, DSO 462 medical device on OV-103 middeck
Description STS-31 Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn D. Sullivan applies a gel to a transducer while MS Bruce McCandless II uses a central venous pressure mouthpiece on the middeck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. The crewmembers are conducting Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) 462, Non-Invasive Estimation of Central Venous Pressure. After preparing the transducer, Sullivan will apply it to McCandless' juggler. DSO 462 will measure the physiological adaptation to the headward shift that occurs in microgravity. This non-invasive technique of determining central venous pressure uses the mouthpiece with varying resistance and a probe that utilizes Doppler flowmetry.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 crew monitors Hubble …
Title STS-31 crew monitors Hubble Space Telescope (HST) from OV-103's flight deck
Description A "fish eye" lens captured this overall view of the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, while the STS-31 crewmembers were monitoring the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) deployment checkout procedures. From front to back are Commander Loren J. Shriver, Mission Specialist (MS) Steven A. Hawley, and MS Bruce McCandless II looking up at overhead windows W7 and W8 and the HST on the remote manipulator system (RMS) outside them. The onorbit station control panels appear in front of the crewmembers and the ongoing scene outside the crew cabin is mirrored in the closed circuit television (CCTV) screens on McCandless' right.
Date Taken 1990-04-29
STS-31 Discovery, OV-103, on …
Title STS-31 Discovery, OV-103, onboard (in-space) crew portrait
Description STS-31 crewmembers, wearing mission t-shirts, pose for their onboard crew portrait on the middeck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce McCandless II displays the mission insignia and MS Steven A. Hawley holds a model of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Left to right are Pilot Charles F. Bolden (top left), Commander Loren J. Shriver, MS Kathryn D. Sullivan, McCandless, and Hawley. The crew is in front of the port side wall and the orbiter galley which is decorated with a HST art concept and a sign reading "HST is open for business!".
Date Taken 1990-04-29
Apollo 14 crewmen near site …
Title Apollo 14 crewmen near site of volcanic eruption on Hawaii
Description Prime crewmen and backup crewmen of the Apollo 14 mission look over an area near the site of a volcanic eruption in Aloi Alae, Hawaii. Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. (leaning with left hand on ground) and Edgar D. Mitchell (behind Shepard, wearing dark glasses) are the prime crewmen scheduled to walk on the moon. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (almost obscured at extreme left) and Joe H. Engle (partially visible, on Cernan's right) are back-up crew commander and lunar module pilot, respectively, for the mission. Others in the photograph are Pat Crosland (in hard hat), a geologist and a park ranger in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Michael C McEwen (facing Mitchell) of the Geology Branch, Lunar and Earth Sciences Division, Manned Spacecraft Center, and Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, who made the trip to serve as a spacecraft communicator during simulations of extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.
Date Taken 1970-04-10
Astronaut Bruce McCandless t …
Title Astronaut Bruce McCandless tests astronaut maneuvering unit
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, backup pilot for Skylab 2, tests the balance and control of an astronaut maneuvering unit (AMU) test model at Martin Marietta Corporation's Denver division. The jet-powered backpack can fly for 30 minutes and can be worn over normal clothing or space suit.
Date Taken 1973-08-16
Personnel in Mission Control …
Title Personnel in Mission Control examine replica of spider habitat from Skylab 3
Description Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson, left, and Astronaut Bruce McCandless II hold up a glass enclosure - home for the spider Arachne, which is the same species as the two spiders carried on the Skylab 3 mission. The real spider is the one barely visible at the upper right corner of the square, the larger one is a projected image on the rear-screen-projected map in the front of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC). McCandless served as backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission and was a spacecraft-communicater (CAPCOM) for the second crew.
Date Taken 1973-09-25
Flight controllers discuss p …
Title Flight controllers discuss procedures for repair of coolant system in Skylab
Description The procedures for repairing the coolant system aboard the Airlock Module of the Skylab space station in Earth orbit are discussed by flight controllers in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at JSC. Skylab 4 Flight Director Neil Hutchinson is on the right. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart is wearing the sports shirt. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a Skylab 4 CAPCOM, is seated next to Schweickart. Items of equipment in the foreground are similar to components of a special coolant re-servicing kit which was taken to Earth orbit by the Skylab 4 crewmen. The kit consists of a tank containing 42 pounds of COOLANOL, a series of saddle valves, bolts and spacers, and leak-check hoses. The re-supply tank is a modified command module reaction control subsystem (RCS) fuel tank.
Date Taken 1973-11-19
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Title Astronaut Bruce McCandless shows mockup of occulting disc for Skylab exp.
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, left, shows off a mockup of the occulting disc for the T025 Coronagraph Contamination Measurement Engineering and Technology Experiment to be used by the crewmen of the third manned Skylab mission, now into their eighth day in Earth orbit. On the right is Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson. The men are in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) of the Mission Control Center (MCC) at JSC.
Date Taken 1973-11-23
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Title Astronaut Bruce McCandless II modeling NASA manned maneuvering unit (MMU)
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II modeling NASA's manned maneuvering unit (MMU) in the Johnson Space Center's laboratory support facility bldg 34. He is posed against a dark background to give the illusion of space flight.
Date Taken 1982-03-01
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Title Astronaut Bruce McCandless modeling the EMU/MMU
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II modeling NASA's extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit for shuttle and the backpack unit called the manned maneuvering unit (MMU). McCandless is in JSC's laboratory support facility.
Date Taken 1982-03-01
Astronaut McCandless checkin …
Title Astronaut McCandless checking fit of the MMU after installation in Challenger
Description View of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II., center, checking fit of the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) after installation in the Challenger cargo bay for the STS 41-B mission. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 108-KSC-83PC-649.
Date Taken 1984-01-20
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