Astronaut McCandless Sues Singer Dido Over ‘Free Flying’ Photo
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Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless sued pop singer Dido for what he said was unauthorized use of a photo of his 1984 space flight for an album cover.
McCandless said in a complaint filed Sept. 30 in federal court in Los Angeles that he never gave permission for Dido to use the photograph that shows him “free flying” about 320 feet away from the space shuttle Challenger. The photograph is used on the cover of Dido’s 2008 album “Safe Trip Home.”