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1993-08-09
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MMU
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This is Bruce McCandless piloting
the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU)
during Shuttle mission STS-41-B.
Bruce is cooly cruising through
space 200 miles above Earth at
over 4 miles per second
(yes, that IS fast).
...
On this first test flight of the
MMU, Bruce flew this $15 million
piece of hardware about 300 feet
from the Orbiter (before realizing
he forgot to go to the bathroom
before suiting up -- just kidding).
With only 6 hours of fuel and
batteries, Bruce cannot venture far
before risking a one way trip into
space.
...
The MMU was successfully used to
help retrieve the Palapa B-2 and
Westar VI satellites on Mission
STS-51-A.