'Looks Little Chaotic, But Works': How Astronauts Take Pictures In Space? Watch Here

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The video was shared by Colonel Anne McClain, in which the struggles of astronauts to pose mid-air on the Axiom-4 mission were captured.
How does astronauts take pictures in space? A video featuring Indian astronaut Group Captain Subhanshu Shukla from the International Space Station (ISS) is going viral on social media, in which the Ax-4 crew can be seen attempting to take group photos in microgravity.
The video was shared by Colonel Anne McClain, in which the struggles of astronauts to pose mid-air on the Axiom-4 mission were captured.
'How do we take group photos in space? We cannot ask a passerby for help, so we set up a camera to take a photo every 5 seconds, get in position, then stop to smile at the camera. Looks a little chaotic, but it works!" McClain wrote on X.
How do we take group photos in space? We cannot ask a passerby for help, so we set up a camera to take a photo every 5 seconds, get in position, then stop to smile at the camera. Looks a little chaotic, but it works! pic.twitter.com/0pJpj0o0gE — COL Anne McClain (@AstroAnnimal) July 14, 2025
The Ax-4 crew, comprising Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Slawosz 'Suave" Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) astronaut Tibor Kapu, had been actively engaged in research and outreach activities aboard the ISS as part of the mission during the past 18-days.
As per NASA, the Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth with more than 580 pounds of cargo, including NASA hardware and data from over 60 experiments conducted during the mission.
Axiom Mission 4 was launched on June 25 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
The Dragon 'Grace' spacecraft carrying India's Subhanshu Shukla, along with three other astronauts, undocked from the space station at 4:45 pm IST on Monday and is expected to splash down near the coast of California on Tuesday at 3.01 pm IST.
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July 15, 2025, 12:24 IST
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