--- description: The space selfie phenomenon is not new, astronauts have been turning the camera on themselves since 1966 title: See The 10 Best Space Selfies Ever Taken image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte149184bd56ddb29/69876eb8cd1bba48096f429c/best-space-selfie-nasa-astronaut-012.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See The 10 Best Space Selfies Ever Taken by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 11:00 AM CUT  ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014. ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014.Alexander Gerst—ESA by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 11:00 AM CUT  Gemini 12 astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes a selfie during a spacewalk in Nov. 1966. NASA  Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Aug. 3, 2005. Stephen K. Robinson—NASA  NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the camera at the end of its arm in April and May 2014 to take dozens of component images combined into this selfie. JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NASA  JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide takes a selfie in Sept. 2012. Aki Hoshide—NASA  ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014. Alexander Gerst—ESA  The Opportunity Rover on Mars takes a selfie shortly after dust cleared its solar panels in March 2014. JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State University/NASA  The 3.2 gigapixel Global Selfie mosaic was made with 36,422 individual selfies that were posted to social media sites on or around Earth Day, April 22, 2014. NASA  This selfie composed of two different images shows the Rosetta spacecraft as it soars past a comet on Oct. 7, 2014. Rosetta/Philae/CIVA/ESA  Expedition 35 astronaut Tom Marshburn takes a selfie during a spacewalk on May 11, 2013. Tom Marshburn—NASA  Gemini 10 astronaut Mike Collins takes a selfie in July 1966. Mike Collins—Arizona State University/JSC//NASA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3633528/best-space-selfies-nasa-astronaut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3633528/best-space-selfies-nasa-astronaut/"},"headline":"See The 10 Best Space Selfies Ever Taken","datePublished":"2015-02-26T11:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:41.096Z","description":"The space selfie phenomenon is not new, astronauts have been turning the camera on themselves since 1966","url":"https://time.com/3633528/best-space-selfies-nasa-astronaut/","keywords":["Space","NASA","Mars","photography","Astronaut","spacecraft"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte149184bd56ddb29/69876eb8cd1bba48096f429c/best-space-selfie-nasa-astronaut-012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte149184bd56ddb29/69876eb8cd1bba48096f429c/best-space-selfie-nasa-astronaut-012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014.","caption":"ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014.","creditText":"Alexander Gerst—ESA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3633528/best-space-selfies-nasa-astronaut/","name":"See The 10 Best Space Selfies Ever Taken"}}]}] ```