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Bruce McCandless II

Mission specialist and veteran of earlier shuttle flights.
Spaceflights
Portrait of astronaut Bruce McCandless II.
Spaceflights
1
Time in space
≈ 5 days

Biography

Mission specialist and veteran of earlier shuttle flights.

Missions

Spaceflights

STS-31 mission patch with the Hubble Space Telescope.

24 April 1990

STS-31

The Space Shuttle Discovery mission that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope in April 1990.

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Crews

Flew together

Loren ShriverCosmonaut / AstronautLoren ShriverSTS-31Charles F. BoldenCosmonaut / AstronautCharles F. BoldenSTS-31Steven A. HawleyCosmonaut / AstronautSteven A. HawleySTS-31Kathryn D. SullivanCosmonaut / AstronautKathryn D. SullivanSTS-31
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