Published on: 07/29/2022 – 16:38 On July 21, Italian cosmonaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first European woman to perform a spacewalk. On the occasion of this release, Internet users shared an impressive selfie which, according to them, would have been taken during his mission. It is actually a photomontage that has been circulating for several years. Verification in brief Since July 21, 2022, the date of the spacewalk led by Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut, users have been sharing a selfie that they believe was taken by the latter during her mission. It is actually a photomontage published in 2014 and made from a photograph taken in September 2012. This fake photograph has since been shared many times to spread false information. Verification detail “It’s a dream come true!”. It is with these words, published on her Twitter account, that cosmonaut Samantha Cristoforetti celebrated her very first spacewalk. On July 21, she became the first European woman to carry out such a mission. Impressive images of this event were subsequently shared on social networks. But since July 21, some users have also been posting a selfie that Samantha Cristoforetti would have taken when she left the International Space Station. Screenshot of one of the tweets, posted on July 25, 2022, sharing this fake cosmonaut selfie. © Observers Where does this photograph really come from? To find out, it is necessary to carry out a reverse image search (see here how to proceed) using different search engines such as Google Images or TinEye. This search makes it possible to find the exact origin of the selfie. It was taken on September 5, 2012 during a spacewalk by Japanese cosmonaut Aki Hoshide. Published on the NASA website, the caption of this photo indicates that one of the arms of the International Space Station had then been equipped with a camera which therefore took this photo. Screenshot of the NASA website on which this selfie was published, taken on September 5, 2012. © NASA The selfie published in recent days on social networks is therefore in reality a photomontage made from this image. In particular, we find exactly the same reflection in the cosmonaut’s helmet. The reverse image search also makes it possible to find the author of this photomontage. It is the artist Robert Jahns who, on April 23, 2014, published it on his Instagram account. Since that date, its publication has been diverted on numerous occasions to illustrate cosmonaut outings. For example, as early as February 2015, articles incorrectly attributed this fake selfie to cosmonaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Internet users also claimed in 2017 that Thomas Pesquet was the person behind this spacesuit. But not all Italian Internet users fell into the trap. Since July 21, some have made fun of these publications sharing this fake selfie, for example by photoshopping personalities there themselves. Screenshot of one of the tweets, here posted on July 27, 2022, mocking the fake posts related to Samantha Cristoforetti’s spacewalk. © Observers
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