This claim was, in fact, true. McCandless was, indeed, the first astronaut to perform an untethered spacewalk on Feb. 7, 1984 ...

But it was a massive first, and one that left the US, as often in the early days of the space race, playing catch-up. But fewer than three months later, the US astronaut Ed White also took a ...

Bruce McCandless, who was captured in a stunning photograph in 1984 as he made the first untethered flight in space, has died aged 80, Nasa said. With a jetpack, McCandless travelled 100m (328ft ...

Stunning photos from NASA ’s first untethered spacewalk have been released ... Brave astronaut Bruce McCandless II was pictured floating in space with only a jetpack to propel him after ...