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In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history by floating 100 meters away from the space shuttle, completely untethered. Can you imagine that?

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STS-116 spacewalk 1: By STS-116 Shuttle Crew, NASA - https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061225.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Bruce McCandless II: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Bruce McCandless on mid-deck: By NASA - Great Images, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Astronaut James D. van Hoften: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Astronaut Robert L. Stewart: By National Archives and Records Administration, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Crew of STS-107: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

STS-107 crew: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Bumper8 launch: By NASA/U.S. Army,

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