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    Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut To Fly Untethered In Space, Has Died

    He helped develop the jet-powered backpack that allowed him to float away from the shuttle and safely back again. He said he wanted to inspire people to say, "I can do better than that."
    by Russell Lewis Dec 22, 2017 2 minutes
    On Feb. 12, 1984, Bruce McCandless ventured unrestrained away from the safety of ship, which no previous astronaut had done. He could do it because of a brand-new nitrogen jet-propelled backpack.

    NASA astronaut has died at the age of 80, . You may not know his name, but you most likely have seen him in one of the most famous pictures ever taken in space. In 1984, McCandless strapped on a jet-powered backpack and flew away from the shuttle, by himself, untethered,

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