This weekend is the40th day of remembrance of the Apollo 11 missionary station , when man first set human foot on the moon , butBuzz Aldrin just angle us off to another of his many accomplishments : He take the man ’s first space selfie back in 1966 . Eat your spunk out , Instagram .
The pic Col . Aldrin refer to was snap on an superfluous - vehicular activity during theGemini 12 deputation in November 1966 . A professor at Northwestern University had arranged for the astronauts to take ultraviolet photos of the stars , using a camera mounted to the outside of the spacecraft . The observational photo would be take during dark , but when the bird pass into daylight , Col . Aldrin could n’t help snapping a ikon of himself with the earth behind him .
Did you know I took the first outer space selfie during Gemini 12 mission in 1966 ? BEST SELFIE EVERhttp://t.co/JfPAiVXmLkpic.twitter.com/DuwDXvcDmp
— Dr. Buzz Aldrin ( @TheRealBuzz)July 19 , 2014
Here he is , tell the story on CNN :
We may be able to take photos and partake in them around the globe from a pocket - size of it communicator , but I doubt anyone is going to top Buzz Aldrin ’s selfie anytime soon . [ YouTube ]
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