Bruce McCandless II, Space Shuttle astronaut, passed away December 21, 2017. He is best known for being the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft. On the fourth day of mission STS-41-B aboard Challenger in February, Bruce operated the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) for the first time. McCandless ventured out about 320 feet from the shuttle.
His second and final mission was on Discovery (STS-31) in April 1990, when he helped deploy the Hubble Space Telescope.
McCandless passed away at his home in California. He was 80 years old.
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