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Itssoeasy · 2017-12-22 22:49:39

The man who was the first human to move away untethered in space has died at the age of 80. He flew on two space shuttle missions STS-31 and STS-41-B. He was part of the mission to launch Hubble and as I said he was the first human to do an untethered EVA in manned spaceflight.…

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The man who was the first human to move away untethered in space has died at the age of 80.

He flew on two space shuttle missions STS-31 and STS-41-B. He was part of the mission to launch Hubble and as I said he was the first human to do an untethered EVA in manned spaceflight.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/601259main_jetpack_full.jpg

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