Date of Birth	June 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts
Childhood / Family	Married to former Bernice Doyle of Rahway, New Jersey. They have two grown children.
Education	Bachelor’s of Science Degree, Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Masters Degree of Business Administration
Occupation	Captain, USN, Ret. NASA Astronaut (former)
Military Service / Civilian	Served as a captain in the US Navy.
Space Training / Specialty	McCandless was graduated second in a class of 899 from Annapolis and subsequently attended flight training from the naval academy
Contribution to Space Travel	Designed the tethering system that is currently in use during shuttle “space walks”. McCandless helped develop the MMU and was first to test it on STS-41-B in 1984.
Space Missions	STS – 41B Challenger, This mission marked the first checkout of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and Manipulator Foot Restraint (MFR). McCandless made the first, untethered, free flight on each of the two MMUs carried on board. STS - 31 Discovery
Outside Activities	His hobbies are electronics, photography, scuba diving, and flying. He also enjoys swimming and cross country skiing.
Interesting Fact(s)	He has logged more than 5,200 hours flying time -- 5,000 hours in jet aircraft.
Status	Retired
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Links	http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccandless-b.html http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/astronauts/m-to-p/McCandlessB.txt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCandless_II http://www.astronautix.com/astros/mccdless.htm http://www.thespacerace.com/people/mccandless.php http://www.spacefame.org/mccandless.html http://www.firstflight.org/shrine/mccandless.cfm

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