NASA Photo ID: S84-27562          File Name: 10061776.gif 
 
Film Type: 70mm cn                Date Taken: 02/23/84 
 
Title: Views of the extravehicular activity during STS 41-B 
 
Description: 
 
Astronaut Bruce McCandless, II, mission specialist, uses his hands to 
control  his movement in space while using the nitrogen propelled manned 
maneuvering  unit (MMU). He is participating in a extravehicular activity 
(EVA), a few  meters away from the cabin of the shuttle Challenger. 
McCandless is centered  in a background of clouds and earth in this view of 
his EVA. He is floating  without tethers attaching him to the shuttle.