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Title: Views of the extravehicular activity during STS 41-B
Description: Astronaut
Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist, participates in a extra-vehicular activity (
EVA), a few meters away from the cabin of Space Shuttle Challenger. He is using a nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled
Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). He is performing this EVA without being tethered to the shuttle. The picture shows a cloud view of the Earth in the background.
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Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
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