Have astronauts in space suits ever taken selfies?
Were selfie sticks used?
If not, how was this feat accomplished?
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Sign up to join this communityHave astronauts in space suits ever taken selfies?
Were selfie sticks used?
If not, how was this feat accomplished?
Several space selfies were made and chances are you already know the very first one Buzz Aldrin took of himself during Gemini 12.
The cameras used are large-ish but imagine even holding a shoe box in front of you with thick gloves on: you're still able to point it at yourself in a distance suitable to make a photograph of yourself, provided the lens' focal length/field of view allows to capture enough of your face.
At least some of the cameras just look like a normal DSLR in a special casing and can be seen in the helmet reflections like this one:
There is a nice gallery of space selfies at Wikimedia.