g10_v_bw_o_n (1966, unnumbered press photo, taken from NASA 16mm motion picture frame)

“ASTRONAUT TAKES OWN PICTURE--Astronaut Mike Collins made this picture of himself by holding a movie camera at arm’s length while he and John W. Young, command pilot of Gemini 10, whirled through space earlier this week.”

 

So, this - informally at least - predates the famous Aldrin/Gemini XII first “selfie” taken in space, linked to below. Along with the Collins/Gemini X still photo selfies, also linked to below. Granted, those of Collins are “interior” shots, without quite the same gravitas or historical import as that of Aldrin.

 

Therefore, my posted photograph is likely the first selfie taken in space, inside a spacecraft (while pressurized), as a frame from the motion picture footage taken by the Astronaut (Michael Collins), with helmet off! SO THERE, SPACE HISTORY!

 

Doesn’t Collins look a lot like Edgar Mitchell or a (young, with short hair) Eric Clapton?

 

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