NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Exceptional and rare photograph of astro - Lot 93

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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Exceptional and rare photograph of astro - Lot 93
NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Exceptional and rare photograph of astronaut BRUCE MC CANDLESS taken in 1984 during mission STS-41B of the Space Shuttle Challenger. This iconographic image illustrates the first spacewalk with the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), an autonomous maneuvering system for the astronaut. Bruce McCandless helped develop this system before testing it himself in low Earth orbit. Thanks to gases ejected from the nozzles, he was able to move about 100 metres away from the Shuttle, without any tethers or umbilicals. With this photo, he had become an icon, although his face is not visible. As he said in a 2005 interview, "I have the sun visor [on my suit helmet], so you can't see my face, and that means it could be anybody up there. It's like a representation, not of Bruce McCandless, but of Humanity." The photographic print also features a perfect signature of astronaut Bruce McCandless in the lower right-hand corner, with the mythical number "STS-41B", which alone symbolizes to the women and men of the space universe one of the most significant human achievements in the history of the Space Conquest. February 7, 1984, chromogenic print on "KODAK" paper. 50.8 x 40.6CM with margins. NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Exceptional and rare Astronaut photography Bruce ™ Candless taken in 1984 during the STS-41B Mission of the Challenger Space Shuttle. This iconographic image illustrates the first spatial output with the scuba on the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), an autonomous maneuver system of the astronaut. Bruce ™ Candless had participated in the development of this system before testing himself in low orbit. Thanks to the ejected gases of the nozzles, he was able to move away from the shuttle of a hundred meters, without any attachment or umbilical. With this picture, he had become an icon although we do not see his face. As he said in 2005 during an interview: "I have the sun visor [on the helmet of my scuba], so you can not see my face, and that means it could be N ' imports that there. It's like a representation, not Bruce McCandless, but humanity. The photographic draw presents, moreover, in its lower right corner, a perfect signature of the astronaut Bruce ™ Candless with mention of the mythical number: "STS-41B" which symbolizes itself alone, with the women and men of The spatial universe, one of the most significant human exploits in the history of spatial conquest. February 7, 1984. The chromogenic period on paper: "Kodak". 50.8 x 40.6cm with margins.
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