TAKE A FREE SELFIE IN SPACE THANKS TO EX-NASA ENGINEER $5M SATELLITE
Since people are constantly coming up with inventive places to take their next selfie, why not space? With SAT GUS, Mark Rober, a well-known YouTuber and former NASA engineer, has made that possible. Rober spent three years and five million dollars developing this satellite, which was launched into space in January 2025. Additionally, it will be taking free selfies when it circles the Earth this summer.
Rober's Crunch Labs is leading the Space Selfie project, which will enable the public to take a distinctive selfie in collaboration with Google Pixel and T-Mobile. Images submitted by the public via the Space Selfie website will be electronically transmitted to SAT GUS as it circles the planet. These pictures are displayed on a screen so that you can take a selfie with Earth in the background when the satellite's camera takes a picture.
Rober recently gave us a behind-the-scenes look at his preparations for the introduction of SAT GUS. Rober watches with trepidation as SAT GUS is hauled into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, joined by Tim Dodd of Everyday Astronaut. His relief is evident when the satellite opens and snaps its first selfie following the successful launch.
“I've been a big dreamer for as long as I can remember,” Rober narrates at the end of the video. “So a big fist bump to all the other dreamers out there….I'm happy to declare that from this day forward, taking a space selfie with SATGUS is officially free forever to anyone on this incredible planet of ours.”
The first selfies will be sent back to Earth mid-summer, and to get in on the action, just upload your image (for free) to SpaceSelfie.com.
