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Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world. NASA astronauts will be allowed to bring their smartphones to space for the first time, starting with the Crew-12 and Artemis II missions.<\/p>\n
Crew-12 is expected to head to the International Space Station next week<\/a>, while the highly anticipated Artemis II mission \u2014 which will bring humans around the moon<\/a> for the first time since the 1960s \u2014 was delayed until March.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world,\u201d NASA administrator Jared Isaacman wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n With the newest iPhones and Android devices at hand, the crew will be able to be a bit more spontaneous with image and video gathering, meaning that for those of us back home, these upcoming trips to space could end up being some of NASA\u2019s most well-documented journeys yet.<\/p>\n Imagine how cool (or cringe-worthy) it will be if astronauts turn themselves into TikTok stars in zero gravity, or if they take ultra-wide-angle selfies in the spacecraft. For those working in government bureaucracy, it\u2019s equally exciting, apparently, that NASA approved this rule change pretty quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cJust as important, we challenged long-standing processes and qualified modern hardware for spaceflight on an expedited timeline,\u201d Isaacman wrote. \u201cThat operational urgency will serve NASA well as we pursue the highest-value science and research in orbit and on the lunar surface.\u201d<\/p>\n It makes sense that it would be hard to approve new technology to go into space \u2014 if one small thing goes astray, a spaceflight can go terribly wrong. Until now, the newest cameras that were supposed to go on these missions were decade-old Nikon DSLRs and GoPros, according to Ars Technica<\/a>. That\u2019s by no means arcane, but there\u2019s something more spontaneous and whimsical about using a smartphone.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston, MA<\/span> This is not, however, the first time that smartphones have gone to space<\/a>. SpaceX allowed smartphones for its private astronaut missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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