In 1984, American astronaut Bruce McCandless II (born 1937) became the first person to leave a spacecraft in space without a tether. He flew out of the payload bay of the space shuttle Challenger on February 7 , 1984, and using a jetpack called a...

1937- American astronaut who was the first individual to spacewalk untethered. McCandless graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and Stanford University, specializing in electrical engineering. McCandless contributed to the development of the manned...

Captain Bruce McCandless II (born June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former naval aviator with the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. In the first of his two space shuttle missions he made the first untethered, free flight using the Manned...

Woodwind virtuoso Paul McCandless is a founding member of the eclectic quartet Oregon, and like the other members of that band -- guitarist Ralph Towner, bassist Glen Moore and percussionist Trilok Gurtu -- he is constantly expanding his musical horizons, both within the ensemble...

Byline: Michael Muckian Special to The Capital Times It was an evening of contrasts, both artistic and atmospheric. When guest soloist Andrew McCandless appeared with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra at Concerts on the Square last August, the performance was rained out....