40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit - NASA

On Feb. 3, 1984, space shuttle Challenger took off on its fourth flight, STS-41B. Its five-person crew of Commander Vance D. Brand, Pilot Robert L. “Hoot”

40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit - NASA

Astronaut Bruce McCandless tests MMU Manned Maneuvering Unit STS-41B Photo Print

STS-41B - NASA

40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit - NASA

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40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit - NASA

40 Years Ago: STS-41B, the First Flight of the Manned Maneuvering Unit - NASA

Buck and Flash”: Remembering the First Flights of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), Forty Years On - AmericaSpace

STS-41B - NASA