Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist on the STS-41B and STS-31 missions, passed away on Dec. 21, 2017. Bruce McCandless II: Max Q. Bruce McCandless II was born on June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was the first human being to do a spacewalk without a safety tether linked to a spacecraft. An 8" x 10" photo collage mounted to a 16" x 18" matboard. 186060751, citing United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave . He was 80. Bruce McCandless II (1937-2017) is immortalized in this iconic photograph of an astronaut flying solo high above Earth.
He is known for his work on Max Q (1998), A Beautiful Sunset (2016) and Horizon (1964). Astronaut Bruce McCandless II as he floated away, untethered, from the space shuttle with only the manned maneuvering unit keeping him alive, 1984, and he was the first person to do so. Bruce McCandless II: Martin Marietta Space Operations Simulation Lab Goodbye Presentation Directly from His Personal Collection. Around the edges are signatures and well-wishes from numerous of … Bruce McCandless II is a third generation Navy officer, son of Bruce McCandless and grandson of Willis W. Bradley, both Medal of Honor recipients. He was married to Ellen Shields. Following his graduation from the U.S. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Bruce McCandless, II (8 Jun 1937–21 Dec 2017), Find a Grave Memorial no. Bruce McCandless II, a NASA astronaut who was the first person to fly freely and untethered in space during a 1984 space-shuttle mission, died Dec. 21 in California. He died on December 21, 2017 in California, USA.