STS-41B: Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU)

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Author	Topic: STS-41B: Manned Maneuvering Units (MMU)
LM-12 Member Posts: 3208 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 12-30-2017 11:36 AM Photo STS-41B-22-892 has this caption: View of payload bay, earth limb and partial view of astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart as they stow extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment taken by the fixed camera attached to the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) on the port side of the payload bay. McCandless is on the port side facing the camera. Stewart is on the starboard side with his back to the camera. There were two EVAs and two MMUs on STS-41B: MMU no. 3 was on the port side of the payload bay, and MMU no. 2 was on the starboard side. McCandless wore both MMUs during the EVAs. I believe Stewart also wore both MMUs during the EVAs. McCandless was wearing MMU no. 3 when he flew out to around 300 feet from Challenger. Which MMU was Stewart wearing when he did the same? I think it was also MMU no. 3.
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 12-30-2017 01:01 PM That is correct.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3208 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 12-30-2017 01:44 PM Because of the camera, I am guessing. It doesn't look like the other MMU had one.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3208 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 12-30-2017 08:30 PM A further search turned up photo STS-41B-44-2719, which shows MMU number 2 with a camera on the opposite (left) side.

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