Best Ever Astronaut Selfies

Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

A teensy-tiny Neil Armstrong is visible in the helmet of Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing in July 1969. NASA “Talk about a selfie!” wrote former astronaut Clay Anderson on Twitter Oct. 1. He posted that comment along with a favorite photo from Expedition 15, when he was standing in restraints on the robotic Canadarm2. Off in the distance, he saw his shadow against the solar array panels of a Soyuz spacecraft. That got us thinking — what are the best astronaut selfies? Below are some of our favorites (some intentional, some not) from over the years. This article was republished with permission from Universe Today.

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