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“Astronaut Robert Stewart moves back to the shuttle Challenger after moving out to a distance of about 300 feet wearing a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) during his Extravehicular Activity (EVA). His face is clearly visible as he moves by the aft flight deck windows.”

Above paraphrased from/at the following:

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Credit: NARA & DVIDS PUBLIC DOMAIN ARCHIVE website

Stewart is flying MMU no. 3.

How 'bout that?! A fellow Soldier flying the MMU, second only to Bruce McCandless...a "naval aviator".
Take THAT USAF zoomies…HAH & HOOAH! 😉👍

“The helmet visor of Astronaut Bruce McCandless, II, mission specialist, reflects the outside of the forward bulkhead (cabin area) of the shuttle Challenger during his extravehicular activity (EVA). He is wearing the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), the manned maneuvering unit (MMU), and two cameras - a 35mm attached to his MMU and a TV camera on his helmet.”

More specifically, the stunning image was captured through one of Challenger’s two overhead windows, seen reflected in the visor.

Not a single decent resolution of this image seems to be available - anywhere. But, yet again, the decremented, ‘zombie’ KSC website continues to be more productive than anything ‘current’, and yielded the above, with the usual low-resolution associated image.
Although I’m grateful, it’s pathetic that that’s IT:

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For shits & grins, I peeled the above URLs back to the parent website. There, a clickable link with the following is available:

“This sever will be Permanently Shutdown the week of March 1, 2022”. Clicking on that takes one here:

science.ksc.nasa.gov/whats-new.html

Although expected, it's still sad, disappointing, pathetic, infuriating…and a bunch of other ‘bad’ adjectives, to include historically negligent, even ‘criminal’.

HOWEVER, graciously, at reasonable resolution, if you don’t mind THEIR digital watermarks, it can be viewed at either of these fine ‘establishments’:

www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/member-of-the-cre...

Additionally, the good folks at the following site offer the image, at roughly half the resolution of mine, for $499.00. However, there currently appears to be a "special" offer of $450...that's like a WHOLE 10% off! What a neighborly offer. Shameless, greedy & arrogant burglary in broad daylight. They know they're filling a gap left by others - who shall remain NAmelesS, Aargh:

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“Astronaut James D. van Hoften and a repaired satellite are in a wide panorama recorded on film with a Linhof camera, making its initial flight aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. Dr. van Hoften is getting in his first "field" test of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) after months of training in an underwater facility and in a simulator on Earth. The Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite, revived and almost ready for release into space once more, is docked at the Flight Support System (FSS). The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) is backdropped against the blue and white Earth at frame's edge. Outside of pictures made of the Earth from astronauts on the way to the Moon, this frame showing the planet from 285 nautical miles represents the highest orbital photography in the manned space program.”

Superbly written, and unexpectedly present, associated with a near identical image, at:

images.nasa.gov/details-41c-52-2646


Associated with the same nearly identical image. With the usual abysmal/genuinely stupid write-up, at:

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“Wide angle view of mission specialist James D. van Hoften participating in an extravehicular activity (EVA) to repair the "captured" Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS) in the aft end of the Challenger's cargo bay. Astronaut van Hoften is standing in the payload bay facing the camera. The Solar SMMS is behind him. To the right of the photo is the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm used to capture the satellite. Behind the orbiter is a view of the cloudy earth.”


Again with the same near-identical image:

Astronaut James D. van Hoften tests the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger as a part of an extravehicular activity (EVA) during Flight 41-C. The Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS), repaired and ready for release into space, is docked at the flight support system (FSS) at the rear. Image ID:STS41C-52-2646”

At:

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Credit: Wikimedia Commons


Finally, associated with the same image, at the greedy Science Photo Library website:

“Satellite repair in space. Astronaut James van Hoften makes his way back to the airlock of Shuttle Challenger having helped repair the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite. The SMM can be seen protruding from the far end of the cargo bay. This mission, 41-C, was the first in which a satellite was successfully retrieved from orbit, repaired and then redeployed. This was needed to free a jammed communications antenna without which the satellite was useless.”

Close-up view of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS 41-B Mission Specialist, as he performs a test involving the Trunion Pin Attachment Device (TPAD) he carries and the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01A) in front of him. In this photo, he is about to attach the TPAD to the SPAS-01A. He is wearing one of the experimental Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU) developed for this mission.

STS-41B Astronaut Bruce McCandless II checks the interface between his baby (the Manned Maneuvering Unit) and its berthing dock within Challenger's cargo bay prior to the flight.

"Astronaut Robert Stewart floats freely away from the shuttle wearing the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) during extravehicular activity (EVA) on STS-41B mission."

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Credit: NARA & DVIDS PUBLIC DOMAIN ARCHIVE website

Close up frontal view of Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, mission specialist, as he participates in a extravehicular activity (EVA), a few meters away from the cabin of the shuttle Challenger. The open payload bay is reflected in his helmet visor as he faces the camera. Stewart is wearing the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) and one of the manned maneuvering units (MMU) developed for this mission.

Astronaut Bruce McCandless, II, mission specialist, uses his hands to control his movement in space while using the nitrogen-propelled manned maneuvering unit (MMU). He is participating in a extravehicular activity (EVA), a few meters away from the cabin of the shuttle Challenger. McCandless is centered in a background of clouds and earth in this view of his EVA. He is floating without tethers attaching him to the shuttle.