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Captured In Space Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the Manned Maneuvering Unit, prepares to dock with the spinning WESTAR VI satellite during the STS-51A mission in November 1984. Gardner used a large tool called the Apogee Kick Motor Capture Device to enter the nozzle of a spent WESTAR VI engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery. (NASA) Watch a video of the maneuver View high resolution

Captured In Space

Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the Manned Maneuvering Unit, prepares to dock with the spinning WESTAR VI satellite during the STS-51A mission in November 1984. Gardner used a large tool called the Apogee Kick Motor Capture Device to enter the nozzle of a spent WESTAR VI engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery. (NASA)

Watch a video of the maneuver

The dipstick indicates you’re a quart short

The dipstick indicates you’re a quart short

(Source: fromorbit)

(Reblogged from libraryphantomg5)
Just realized he left his passport back at the ranch abcstarstuff: McCandless Orbits in Jetpack On Feb. 12, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless, ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut had ever been. This space first was made possible by a nitrogen jet propelled backpack, previously known at NASA as the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger’s payload bay, McCandless went “free-flying” to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. This stunning orbital panorama view shows McCandless out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space. Image Credit: NASA View high resolution

Just realized he left his passport back at the ranch

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McCandless Orbits in Jetpack
On Feb. 12, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless, ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut had ever been. This space first was made possible by a nitrogen jet propelled backpack, previously known at NASA as the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU.

After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger’s payload bay, McCandless went “free-flying” to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. This stunning orbital panorama view shows McCandless out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space.

Image Credit: NASA

(Reblogged from the-naut)
Hangin’ out While anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed during the mission’s fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the International Space Station. (November 2007, NASA via ESA) View high resolution

Hangin’ out

While anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed during the mission’s fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the International Space Station. (November 2007, NASA via ESA)

On the edge NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third and final session of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (February 2010, NASA via ESA) (These incredible shots never get old.) View high resolution

On the edge

NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third and final session of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. (February 2010, NASA via ESA)

(These incredible shots never get old.)

An early stroll in space Ed White, first American spacewalker, June 3, 1965 (NASA on The Commons) View high resolution

An early stroll in space

Ed White, first American spacewalker, June 3, 1965 (NASA on The Commons)

Last dance Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Mike Fincke work on the exterior of the International Space Station during the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-134 mission. The spacewalk lasted seven hours, 24 minutes. Photo credit: NASA TV (via NASA)

Last dance

Astronauts Greg Chamitoff and Mike Fincke work on the exterior of the International Space Station during the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-134 mission. The spacewalk lasted seven hours, 24 minutes. Photo credit: NASA TV

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Mission Specialist Drew Feustel is seen in this view from the helmet camera of Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff as they conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-134 mission. Photo credit: NASA TV (via NASA)

Mission Specialist Drew Feustel is seen in this view from the helmet camera of Mission Specialist Greg Chamitoff as they conduct the first spacewalk of the STS-134 mission. Photo credit: NASA TV

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