By Ashritha Raghavendra
May 24, 2022
The first space selfie during a spacewalk was clicked by “Buzz” Aldrin in 1966. Aldrin clicked multiple pictures of hot stars in the ultraviolet spectrum during the spacewalk.
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NASA astronaut Michael Fossum captured a selfie during a spacewalk outside the ISS on July 8, 2006. His reflection, the space station, and Earth are visible in his fellow astronaut Ron Garan’s helmet visor.
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Steve Robinson’s selfie was clicked during his historic repair of the Discovery space shuttle on August 3, 2008. Robinson removed a couple of gap fillers sticking out between tiles of the space shuttle.
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Akihiko Hoshide’s spectacular space selfie on the ISS broke the internet in 2012. The bright sun, the satellite, and the Earth are beautifully captured in this picture.
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Marshburn clicked a selfie with his home planet in May 2013. During his mission, Marshburn logged 5 hours and 30 minutes of spacewalk to replace a leaking ammonia pump.
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Alexander Gerst’s selfie with the magnificent planet blue and the ISS is a visual delight. Gerst and Reid Wiseman fixed a failed cooling pump and installed gear that provides backup power to external robotics equipment on the satellite in October 2014.
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Anne McClain posed for a selfie 260 miles above the Earth’s surface in 2019. Anne upgraded the orbital complex’s power storage capacity in a spacewalk that lasted 6 hours and 39 minutes.
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Luca Parmitano captured a selfie during his 6-hour spacewalk on January 25, 2020. The ESA astronaut made thermal repairs on Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer — a dark and antimatter detector along with NASA’S Andrew Morgan.
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