Perhaps the most-terrifying space photograph to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II floats completely untethered, away from the safety of the space shuttle, with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do so.
Credit: NASA pic.twitter.com/uapVOFwS2u— Curiosity (@Sciencenature14) June 20, 2022
Imagine
Terrifying yes, but exhilarating. McCandless becomes the spacecraft! Eat shit Tesla.
slipped the surly bonds of Earth . . . indeed