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Bruce McCandless II

Bruce McCandless II

American aviator
Bruce McCandless II was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Wikipedia
Born: June 8, 1937, Boston, MA
Died: December 21, 2017 (age 80 years), California
Space missions: STS-41-B and STS-31
Spouse: Ellen Shields McCandless (m. ?–2017) and Bernice Doyle (m. ?–2014)