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Watch: Astronaut’s GoPro shows the moment he exits the ISS and enters space

January 12, 2019
Alex Hollings No Comments Space, Video

In many ways, the introduction of small, portable cameras like the GoPro has changed the way the world is able to participate in extraordinary circumstances. From extreme sports to combat footage, the influx of lightweight and resilient cameras in the commercial market has been it possible for us to see incredible things from the comfort of our own homes – and now, that includes the most extreme of environments, outer space.

In this video uploaded to Twitter by NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba, you get a front row seat for one of the most incredible views ever experienced by mankind: his first steps out of the International Space Station and into the great beyond.

Acaba, a Marine Corps veteran, has been a part of NASA since 2004, and had accrued more than 100 days in space before joining the crew of this ISS mission. He’s manned the space shuttle, worked directly with the European Space Agency and even served as the senior American official at Russia’s Star City, where American astronauts hitch rides to the ISS via Soviet era Soyouz capsules. In the brief video he posted, he also serves as a surrogate for anyone who’s ever dreamed of knowing what it’s like to step out of the relative safety of mankind’s only space-based habitat, and into the “the final frontier.”

The video was posted to Twitter by another Marine Veteran turned astronaut, Randy Bresnik. Bresnik is served aboard the ISS, and is well worth following on Twitter.

Watch the video of Acaba exiting the International Space Station below:

Diving head-first into the vastness of space. How spectacular is that view? @Space_Station #spacewalk pic.twitter.com/KeJQWanN1F

— Randy Bresnik (@AstroKomrade) December 4, 2017

Image courtesy of Twitter

About the Author

Alex Hollings Alex Hollings writes on a breadth of subjects ranging from fitness to foreign policy, all presented through the lens of his experiences as a U.S. Marine, athlete and scholar. A football player, rugby player and fighter, Hollings has spent the better part of his adult life competing in some of the most physically demanding sports on the planet. Hollings possesses a master's degree in communications from Southern New Hampshire University, as well as a bachelor's degree in Corporate and Organizational Communications from Framingham State University.

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