Bruce McCandless II
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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June 8, 1937 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Other names
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Bruce McCandless II |
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Other occupation
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Naval aviator, engineer |
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USNA, B.S. 1958 Stanford University, M.S. 1965 UHCL, MBA 1987 |
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| Rank | Captain, USN |
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Time in space
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13d 00h 31m |
| Selection | 1966 NASA Group 5 |
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Total EVAs
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2 |
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Total EVA time
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12 hours 12 minutes |
| Missions | STS-41-B, STS-31 |
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Mission insignia
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| Retirement | August 31, 1990 |
Bruce McCandless II (born June 8, 1937), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and former NASA astronaut. During the first of his two Space Shuttle missions he made the first ever untethered free flight using the Manned Maneuvering Unit in 1984.
McCandless was born June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. A third generation U.S. Navy officer, McCandless is the son of Bruce McCandless, and grandson of Willis W. Bradley, both decorated war heroes. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Long Beach, California, in 1954. With his father having been awarded the Medal of Honor, McCandless was assured of being appointed to a military academy.
In 1958 he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy, followed by a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1965. In 1987 he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston–Clear Lake.
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