During the Gemini program in 1966, Buzz Aldrin snaps the first'space selfie,' a photograph of himself practicing extravehicular activity in space.

On November 12, 1966, decades before the term "selfie" became widespread, NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin took the first space selfie while on a spacewalk during the Gemini 12 mission. In a Twitter conversation on Wednesday, the 88-year-old Aldrin reminded the world of this reality.
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