Astronaut Rick Mastracchio’s selfie is literally out of this world

Within everyone’s personal selfie oeuvre you’re likely to find the usual suspects: facing a mirror, thumbs-up, photo-bombing a celebrity, hugging a puppy, eating an ice cream…

Yawn. Snore. Zzzz.

For a truly original self-portrait – and one that is, quite literally, out of this world – look no further than this snap by American Nasa astronaut Rick Mastracchio.

The US spaceman was complaining on Twitter about his bulky suit making taking a selfie tricky during a space-walk on a repair mission at the International Space Station.

‘The spacesuit makes it very difficult to get a good selfie. I tried several today,’ Mastracchio tweeted, a few hours after he and crewmate Steve Swanson had replaced a computer box.

Spacesuit and zero gravity considered, we think he did a pretty good job.