Photo of the Day

Picture of an astronaut floating above Earth
April 12, 2022

Space Walk

In this picture from 1984, Bruce McCandless II became the first person to walk untethered in space, using a jetpack to cruise around the Challenger shuttle. This photo appeared in the October 2007 issue, which celebrated 50 years of space exploration.
Photograph by NASA, Nat Geo Image Collection

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