Bruce McCandless, who was captured in a stunning photograph in 1984 as he made the first untethered flight in space, has died aged 80, Nasa said. With a jetpack, McCandless travelled 100m (328ft ...
His previous book, Midnight in Chernobyl, was the winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. He lives in New York. On February 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless ventured ...