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[i]NASA carried two MMUs (serial numbers 002 and 003) aboard three Space Shuttle flights in 1984: 41-B in February, 41-C in April, and 51-A in November. Six astronauts - Bruce McCandless II, Robert L. Stewart, George D. Nelson, James D. van Hoften, Joseph P. Allen, and Dale A. Gardner - flew the MMU. These mission specialists flew the MMU on a total of nine sorties for a total of ten hours and 22 minutes. Each astronaut donned and doffed the maneuvering unit in the open cargo bay.[/i]
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