Get ready for some out-of-this-world selfies. NASA astronauts will be allowed to take their smartphones into space for the first time, starting with the Crew-12 and Artemis II missions.

Crew-12 is expected to go to the International Space Station next weekwhile the anticipated Artemis II mission — that is take people around the moon for the first time since the 1960s – delayed until March.

“We’re giving our crew members the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and videos with the world,” NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said. WRITES in X.

With the latest iPhones and Android devices, crews can be more powerful in image and video collection, meaning that for those of us at home, these future space missions could be some of NASA’s best-documented journeys.

Imagine how cool (or cringe-worthy) it would be if astronauts became TikTok stars in zero gravity, or if they took ultra-wide-angle selfies in spacecraft. For those working in the government bureaucracy, it is equally exciting, apparently, that NASA approved this change so quickly.

“Just as importantly, we are challenging long-standing processes and qualifying modern hardware for spaceflight on an accelerated timeline,” Isaacman wrote. “That operational urgency will serve NASA well as we pursue the highest value science and research in orbit and on the lunar surface.”

It’s understandably difficult to approve new technology to go into space — if one little thing goes astray, a spaceflight can go terribly wrong. Until now, the latest cameras to go on these missions were decades-old Nikon DSLRs and GoPros, according to Ars Technica. That’s not really arcane, but there is something more powerful and strange about using a smartphone.

This is not, however, the first time with smartphones went to space. SpaceX allows smartphones for this private astronaut missions.