NASA. LARGE FORMAT. HISTORIC MISSION STS-41-B. Robert L. Ste - Lot 156

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. HISTORIC MISSION STS-41-B. Robert L. Stewart at the controls of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). February 12, 1984. With exceptional visual impact, this photograph shows astronaut Robert L. Stewart maneuvering the legendary Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), the first autonomous space vehicle to allow a person to move freely in space, completely untethered from his spacecraft. Hovering above the magnificent curve of the Earth, he appears to float in a scene of remarkable visual purity, where the immensity of the cosmos contrasts with the fragility of our planet. Taken just a few days after the MMU’s first free-flight tests, this image celebrates one of the greatest technological achievements of the Space Shuttle program. A true masterpiece of space photography, it remains one of the most spectacular depictions of freedom of movement in space. Rear chromogenic print. Numbered on the front. Caption on a label on the back. 40.6 x 40.6 cm with margins.