OTD In Space - April 8: 1st Test Flight Of Gemini Spacecraft

Space | Science | Astronomy | Technology on Instagram: "Selfies feel like a product of the smartphone era—but one of the most legendary ones was captured back in 1966. This image shows astronaut Buzz Aldrin during NASA’s Gemini 12 mission, years before he would walk on the Moon with Apollo 11. At the time, NASA was still proving a critical question: Could humans actually work outside a spacecraft? During this spacewalk (EVA), Aldrin opened the hatch, drifted into open space, and photographed him