Buzz Aldrin snapped the first space selfie and it's about to go on sale — mashable.com

It's the only photo in the history books that conveys the message, "Here I am orbiting Earth, but first, let me take a selfie." Buzz Aldrin, who was the second man to set foot on the moon, also took the first known selfie from space during the Gemini 12 mission in 1966. The astronaut tweeted his legendary selfie, which he took from Earth's orbit, back in 2014. Did you know I took the first space selfie during Gemini 12 mission in 1966? BEST SELFIE EVER http://t.co/JfPAiVXmLk pic.twitter.com/DuwDXvcDmp

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