An image posted on NASA’s Facebook and Twitter accounts may be the coolest selfie ever.
The image was taken by astronaut Butch Wilmore during his spacewalk with fellow astronaut Terry Virts.
If you look closely, you can see the reflection of Virts appear on Wilmore’s visor.
While the pair took a moment to snap the epic selfie, the rest of the spacewalk was all business. The astronauts routed over 300 feet of cable as part of the ongoing International Space Station overhaul project. The complicated task was handled successfully, but there is much more work to be done.
According to the Associated Press, it was the first spacewalk for Virts, who arrived at the space station in late November.
The space selfie quickly went viral, generating over 23,000 likes in just two hours on NASA’s Facebook page. The post was quickly taking off on Twitter as well, with over 2000 retweets.
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