In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history by floating 100 meters away from the space shuttle, completely untethered. Can you imagine that? Just him, the endless void of space, and a jetpack keeping him alive. He was testing the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), a sort of space-age jetpack that let him drift freely in zero gravity without a safety line. The sight of him alone in the vast blackness was both awe-inspiring and nerve-wracking—like the ultimate trust fall with technology. It’s one of those moments that perfectly captures the daring spirit of space exploration! Credit:
STS-116 spacewalk 1: By STS-116 Shuttle Crew, NASA - https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061225.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1465324
Bruce McCandless II: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48209
Bruce McCandless on mid-deck: By NASA - Great Images, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6481158
Astronaut James D. van Hoften: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14638908
Astronaut Robert L. Stewart: By National Archives and Records Administration, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96884823
Crew of STS-107: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=780785
STS-107 crew: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=261717
Bumper8 launch: By NASA/U.S. Army, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2892820
Ham the chimp: By NASA - https://images.nasa.gov/details/S63-20801, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37223396
Historic Misson Control: By NASA, https://images.nasa.gov/details-jsc2019m000564_HistoricMissionControl_FB_MP4.html
Gene Cernan Apollo 10: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47347505
ISS-19 Crew members: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9007073
Karen Nyberg: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66358332
Bill McArthur: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9013806
Bjarni V. Tryggvason: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99279573
Astronaut Wilcutt: By NASA, National Archives, Still Pictures, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97063348
Chris Cassidy: By NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-astronaut-chris-cassidy-gets-a-workout, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91450628
WMAP 2012: By NASA / WMAP Science Team, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23285693
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Gene Cernan: By Kevin M. Gill - https://flic.kr/p/2dv9KUC, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146928352
Space Toilet: By Don DeBold - https://flic.kr/p/eeDyw4, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80488043
Russian Space Toilet: By Keith Errington, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119965531
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