Bruce McCandless II
NASA astronaut
Died when: 80 years 196 days (966 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless;June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
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