Reddit userWeirdConcern4666made history on this front yesterday.

Then hit the tilde key again to shut the command console, and well, there you go.

Space sure is bigger outside a spaceship, isn’t it?

The player spacewalking towards the surface of an asteroid in Starfield.

Just as well you brought that jetpack.

Witness my character Mary Read’s first attempts at a spacewalk below.

I’ve just tried this, and either I’m missing something or the redditor is telling porkies.

A spacewalk in Starfield with a huge asteroid in the foreground

Asteroids are only solid when you bash into them in a starship.

Try it while spacewalking and you’ll ooze eerily through, as when trying tomanually fly to planets.

Argh, it’s got me!

The player’s ship navigating an asteroid field in Starfield

It’s got me!

Cheer up lads, I’m sure there’s an artifact down there somewhere.

Oh, I should probably mention how to get back to your ship?

The player spacewalking above an asteroid with their spaceship visible in the top-left corner.

Just fast-travel using the scanner view, or reload your game.

Bear in mind, too, that faffing around with Starfield console commands disables the earning of achievements.

The view from inside an asteroid in Starfield, thanks to the magic of no collision detection.

The player clipping into an asteroid in Starfield.