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Astronauts took a GoPro for a spacewalk - here's what it's really like to float in space

Astronauts took a GoPro for a spacewalk - here's what it's really like to float in space
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If the thought of floating in space - no gravity, the vastness of the universe around you, and a beautiful blue planet below - fills you with awe, this is the GoPro video for you.

NASA astronaut Terry Virts decided to take a GoPro out into the vacuum of space during a spacewalk, while he and fellow astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore went out to prepare the International Space Station for the arrival of two new docking adapters and to perform some other maintenance.

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Just a couple of guys, installing antennas and routing some wires, floating in space.

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No "Gravity" style drama here, just an actual space station and some amazing views of Earth.

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Plus there are a few shots of what it's like to be in the space station itself.

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There's about an hour and 45 minutes of footage in total, and you can check out that uncut footage here.

Here's a shorter version put together by Time:

I want to go.

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