NASA Photo ID: S84-27031          File Name: 10061771.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm cn                Date Taken: 02/12/84 
 
Title: Views of the extravehicular activity during STS 41-B 
 
Description: 
 
Astronaut Bruce McCandless, II, mission specialist, participates in a  
extravehicular activity (EVA), a few meters away from the cabin of the  
shuttle Challenger. McCandless approaches his maximum distance from the  
Challenger. He is framed by the blackness of space and below him a cloudy  
earth. He is floating without tethers connecting him to the shuttle.