Nasa astronaut takes GoPro camera on spacewalk but forgets memory card

Andrew Feustel was confused by the device’s ‘No SD’ warning

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The US spaceman is stationed on the International Space Station (ISS)
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An astronaut on the International Space Station has been left red-faced after forgetting to put an SD memory card into his camera before heading out for a spacewalk.

Spaceman Andrew Feustel contacted mission control during the six-hour excursion, which was being live-streamed through Nasa’s Twitch account, to ask for help operating his portable GoPro camera, Geek.com reports.

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