February 7, 1984 – High above Earth, astronaut Bruce McCandless II goes on an untethered spacewalk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit, free-flying to a distance of 320 feet away from the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Astronaut Bruce McCandless becomes to the first human to fly untethered in space, February 7, 1984.
TODAY IN HISTORY: Planet Earth glimpsed from space during NASA’s Apollo 7 mission on October 17, 1968. (NASA/ASU)
April 12, 1981 – Today in history, the Space Shuttle era goes into overdrive with mission STS-1 when the orbiter Columbia launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen into Earth orbit for a 54.5-hour mission that would circle the planet 37 times. (NASA)
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Happy National Coffee Day…IN SPACE!
“Astronaut Michael Fossum, STS-124 Mission specialist (wearing Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suit) takes a sip from a drink bag containing Kona coffee in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station as the mission’s third scheduled spacewalk draws to a close.” 6/8/2008
File Unit: STS-124, 4/12/1981 - 7/21/2011. Series: Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program , 4/12/1981 - 7/21/2011. Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006
Who wouldn’t want a hot cup foil pouch of Kona blend coffee after a long space walk?
All smiles today.
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TODAY IN HISTORY: On October 11, 1984, astronaut Kathryn Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space. With mission specialist David Leestma, she performed a 3.5-hour EVA, operating a system designed to show that a satellite could be refueled in orbit. (NASA)
December 16, 2006 – Astronaut Robert Curbeam works construction during a 7-hour, 31-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
(NASA)
Planet Earth and the Space Shuttle Discovery, April 13, 2010. In the bottom image, you can see astronauts Clay Anderson and Rick Mastracchio at work in the open cargo bay of the orbiter.
(NASA)
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