Spectacular Astronaut Selfies in Space

He is  been the second man to walk on the moon in July 1969 shortly after Neil Armstrong, but he was the first to take a photo of himself in space.

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin  

One of the photos is done in traditional selfie style, with Meir pointing the camera directly at her smiling face while the Earth can be seen in the reflection of her helmet. 

Jessica Meir

He entered space for the first time on July 4, 2006, as a mission specialist of mission STS-121 to the International Space Station where he participated in three spacewalks. 

Michael E. Fossum

Astronauts also have access to internet and social platforms in space and can post true space selfies made using digital cameras covered with thermal blankets. 

Akihiko Hoshide  

Astronaut Steve Robinson turns the camera on himself during his historic repair job "underneath" Discovery on August 3, 2008.  

Steve Robinson

During the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, astronaut Charles Conrad captured this selfie reflected in fellow astronaut Alan Bean's helmet visor. 

Charles Conrad  

Astronaut Anne McClain took this space selfie 260 miles above Earth's surface during a roughly six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk to upgrade the ISS power storage capacity on March 22, 2019. 

Anne McClain  

In 2013, astronaut Clayton C. Anderson shared this “shadow” selfie taken during a 2007 spacewalk outside the ISS. 

Clayon Anderson

Astronaut Neil Armstrong took this selfie, visible in the helmet of astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. 

Neil Armstrong

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