Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut to Fly Untethered in Space, Has Died

The famous photo: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;multimedia&#x2F;imagegallery&#x2F;image_feature_2100.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;multimedia&#x2F;imagegallery&#x2F;image_feature_2...</a>

&quot;When We Left Earth&quot; is a fabulous TV mini-series and Bruce McCandless is interviewed a few times.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;When_We_Left_Earth:_The_NASA_Missions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;When_We_Left_Earth:_The_NASA_M...</a>

I asked Bruce how accurately the simulator matched the reality. He replied that it was amazingly close, with the exception that the real thing &quot;Chattered loudly&quot; when it was working. That caught him by surprise, and the simulator was subsequently changed to include the noise.<p>An intelligent, thoughtful, hard-working, humble, charming man.