Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts captured the footage on spacewalks The astronauts were carrying out repair work on the space station Video captures incredibly clear images of the earth from250 miles Spacewalks were in preparation for commercial spacecraft arrival

By Jake Polden For Mailonline

Published: 10:20 EST, 13 April 2015 | Updated: 10:27 EST, 13 April 2015

Nasa has released incredible point-of-view footage taken by astronauts on spacewalks of the International Space Station.

Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts recorded three spacewalks, known as Extra Vehicular Activities, on GoPro cameras outside the ISS on February 25 and March 1.

The spacewalks were in preparation for the arrival of multibillion pound commercial spacecraft, which Nasa hope will be in operation by 2017.

Out of this world! NASA astronauts take spacewalk with a Go Pro

Expedition 42 commander Barry Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts recorded three spacewalks on GroPro cameras

Nasa recently signed a contract with commercial spaceflight companies SpaceX and Boeing with the intention to produce craft capable of transporting astronauts to the ISS.

The clip was recorded to give the future ISS workers an idea of what they can expect when they go into space to maintain the commercial spacecraft.

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Nasa release stunning GoPro footage taken by astronauts on walk of International Space Station