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Bruce McCandless II

1937 - 2017

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Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was an American 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce McCandless II is the 65th most popular astronaut (down from 37th in 2019), the 3,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,930th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Bruce McCandless II ranks 65 out of 556. Before him are Fred Haise, Viktor Patsayev, Michael P. Anderson, Christa McAuliffe, Jean-Loup Chrétien, and Sunita Williams. After him are Claude Nicollier, Toyohiro Akiyama, Barry E. Wilmore, Georgy Beregovoy, Judith Resnik, and Sally Ride.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Bruce McCandless II ranks 147. Before him are Mintimer Shaimiev, Andrés Gimeno, André Glucksmann, Facundo Cabral, Eduard Uspensky, and Ned Beatty. After him are Harri Holkeri, John Kennedy Toole, Félix Miélli Venerando, Eduard Streltsov, Lluís Martínez Sistach, and Sami Frey. Among people deceased in 2017, Bruce McCandless II ranks 132. Before him are William H. Keeler, Lyudmila Chernykh, Anne Golon, Miguel Ferrer, Tomas Milian, and Marjorie Boulton. After him are Kate Millett, Jerry Fodor, Raymond Smullyan, Brian Aldiss, Félix Mourinho, and Omar Abdel-Rahman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce McCandless II ranks 3,057 out of 20,380. Before him are John Carmack (1970), Ariana Grande (1993), Edmond Hamilton (1904), John Brown Gordon (1832), Bill Finger (1914), and Edward Snowden (1983). After him are Amy Beach (1867), Rami Malek (1981), Chris Pine (1980), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Hannibal Hamlin (1809), and Lyman Spitzer (1914).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Bruce McCandless II ranks 43. Before him are Ellison Onizuka (1946), Wally Schirra (1923), Fred Haise (1933), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Christa McAuliffe (1948), and Sunita Williams (1965). After him are Barry E. Wilmore (1962), Judith Resnik (1949), Sally Ride (1951), Ken Mattingly (1936), Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949), and Susan Helms (1958).

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