Astronaut shares incredible spacewalk selfie

Astronaut shares incredible spacewalk selfie
by Kate Stanton
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Apr 24, 2013

disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes only

Move over, Ellen.

Rich Mastracchio has snapped the selfie to end all selfies.

The NASA astronaut was out on a spacewalk with crew member Steve Swanson to replace a backup computer box on the International Space Station when he decided to take a photo.

"The space suit makes it very difficult to get a good selfie. I tried several today," Mastracchio said of the photo.

An EVA selfie. The space suit makes it very difficult to get a good selfie. I tried several today. pic.twitter.com/GvMEOj3ewu— Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) April 23, 2014

The spacewalk selfie comes only a day after NASA encouraged Earth-bound Twitter followers to celebrate Earth Day with "#GlobalSelfies"

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