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Space Hair

I had a shot like this in mind for a while (upside-down is a completely legitimate orientation for an astronaut!) but knew I couldn’t ask one of the crew to actually hang upside-down in the photo studio.

Instead, I asked NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara to do a hair flip (an excellent suggestion by @norahmoranphoto), and then rotated the image in Photoshop to solicit a similar effect. Props to Loral for managing to render such a solid smile mid-action.

Photo: NASA/Josh Valcarcel (jsc2022e041196_alt)