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, he became the first one-man spacecraft

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STS-41-B

Historical space exploration hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

STS-41C - NASA

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

Manned Maneuvering Unit National Air and Space Museum