The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is an astronaut propulsion unit that was used by NASA on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984. The MMU allowed the astronauts...
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The Manned Maneuvering Unit in Space NASA Manned maneuvering unit: User's guide - 1978 (PDF document) Assessment of the NASA Manned Maneuvering Unit - 1988...
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followed on the Shuttle, notably those on STS-41-B (the first Manned Maneuvering Unit flight), STS-41-C (the Solar Max repair mission), STS-41-G (the...
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spacewalks were only performed on three missions in 1984 using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), and on a flight test in 1994 of the Simplified Aid For EVA...
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missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Byron Willis McCandless was born on June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts...
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Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit (HHMU), also known as the maneuvering gun, or informally as "the zip gun", was the first astronaut propulsion unit. It was first...
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Stewart performed the first untethered spacewalk, operating the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) for the first time. At 8:25 a.m. EST, pulsing the MMU's thrusters...
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Radiation Budget Satellite. It was also used as a test bed for the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and served as the platform to repair the malfunctioning SolarMax...
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Cold gas thruster (section Manned Maneuvering Unit)
Retrieved 2018-12-12. US 3270986 Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit Lenda, J. A. "Manned maneuvering unit: User's guide." (1978). plarson (2015-06-25). "The...
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Cosmodome (section Manned Maneuvering Unit)
forwards and backwards, rotating along the axis of the pad. The Manned Maneuvering Unit simulates the NASA vehicle of the same name. By forcing compressed...
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