This brief clip interviewing Buzz Aldrin about the picture is well worth watching: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2014/07/15/orig-buzz-aldrin-space-selfie.cnn" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2014/07/15/orig-buzz-aldrin-s...</a>
I always thought that Hacker News !== Reddit<p>edit: at some point, I agree with commenters. And I personally love to make photos (not selfies). But talking about space selfies -- imho, it would be interesting to know a little bit more, than just looking at a tweet.<p>At least, something like that:<p>[wikipedia]
The first known space selfie was taken by Buzz Aldrin during the Gemini 12 mission.[9]<p>The extra-vehicular activity (EVA) equipment used by astronauts during spacewalks contains a specially designed camera for photography in outer space. The main purpose of the EVA camera is to take pictures of the subjects related to the missions.[10]<p>There have been many space selfies, some of which use the visor of another astronaut's helmet as the mirror. Early space selfies after the word "selfie" was first used in 2002[2] without assistance from another astronaut included Donald Pettit and Stephen Robinson. Pettit took one during the Expedition 6 in January 2003.[11] Robinson took his during the repair of the Space Shuttle Discovery[12] on August 3, 2005, as part of the STS-114 mission.[13]<p>Another notable space selfie was taken by Aki Hoshide during the six-hour, 28-minute spacewalk on September 5, 2012.[14][15] Hoshide's photo became a viral phenomenon after Commander Chris Hadfield uploaded the photo to his Twitter account on September 30, 2013.[16] Coincidentally, Oxford University Press, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, announced in November 2013 that "selfie" was the word of the year for 2013.[17] The picture topped many selfie lists of the year.[18][19] Another space selfie of Hoshide also showed up on Instagram and appeared on a list of top selfies of 2013.[20]
[/wikipedia]<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_selfie" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_selfie</a>