In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless made history by floating 100 meters away from the space shuttle, completely untethered. Can you imagine that? Just him, the endless void of space, and a jetpack keeping him alive. He was testing the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), a sort of space-age jetpack that let him drift freely in zero gravity without a safety line. The sight of him alone in the vast blackness was both awe-inspiring and nerve-wracking—like the ultimate trust fall with technology. It’s one of those moments that perfectly captures the daring spirit of space exploration! Credit: STS-116 spacewalk 1: By STS-116 Shuttle Crew, NASA - https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061225.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bruce McCandless II: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bruce McCandless on mid-deck: By NASA - Great Images, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Astronaut James D. van Hoften: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Astronaut Robert L. Stewart: By National Archives and Records Administration, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Crew of STS-107: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... STS-107 crew: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bumper8 launch: By NASA/U.S. Army, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Ham the chimp: By NASA - https://images.nasa.gov/details/S63-2..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Historic Misson Control: By NASA, https://images.nasa.gov/details-jsc20... Gene Cernan Apollo 10: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ISS-19 Crew members: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Karen Nyberg: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bill McArthur: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Bjarni V. Tryggvason: By NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Astronaut Wilcutt: By NASA, National Archives, Still Pictures, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Chris Cassidy: By NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/na..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... WMAP 2012: By NASA / WMAP Science Team, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Gene Cernan: By Kevin M. Gill - https://flic.kr/p/2dv9KUC, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Space Toilet: By Don DeBold - https://flic.kr/p/eeDyw4, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Russian Space Toilet: By Keith Errington, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Animation is created by Bright Side. Thumbnail. Attribution: Preview photo credit: EVAtion: By NASA - Great Images, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Animation is created by Bright Side. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: / brightside Instagram: / brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

A day on Venus is a cosmic marathon, lasting a whopping 243 Earth days – talk about taking your time! But hold on, it gets even more mind-bending. While a day is dragging its feet on Venus, a whole year breezes by in just 225 Earth days. Wrap your head around this: a day on Venus is actually longer than its entire orbit around the Sun. NASA dishes out these mind-blowing space nuggets, making you wonder if time itself is playing a game of cosmic hide-and-seek up there. Space – where a day feels like an eternity, and a year is just a cosmic blink. Credits Credit: Mt. Everest: Joe Hastings, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount-Everest.jpg CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/: Solar System Scope: Equirectangular projection, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solarsystemscope_texture_8k_mars.jpg Radial slice of Saturn's rings, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solarsystemscope_texture_2k_saturn_ring_alpha.png Animation is created by Bright Side. #brightside ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Listen to Bright Side on: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/idhttps-podcasts-apple-com-podcast-bright-side/id1554898078 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/p/c6a1e38a-bff1-4a40-9731-2c8234ccb19f/1866144599336960 Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

Have you ever noticed that planes don't have keys to turn them on? But it’s a bit more complicated than just turning a key. Instead, there’s a series of buttons and dials on the control board that starts the process. Planes don’t have keys to lock the doors, either. But when they sit idle, jets have security guards constantly monitoring them. Let's find out some more plane secrets pilots would never share with you.

If you're afraid of flying, you must be always running some scary scenarios in your head. A plane runs out of gasoline; the engines stall; an aircraft crashes into a flock of birds... But what if a plane broke in half? This really happened in April 2022. A DHL Boeing 757-200 cargo plane on its way to Guatemala was picking up speed on the runway. Did the pilots manage to land it?