As a space nerd this is a dream come true! It’s legitimately an off-world selfie. This image was taken aboard Satgus on April 5, 2025, at 12:35:02 PM PST and later beamed back to Earth, I just received it yesterday.
Satgus is a CubeSat currently orbiting about 300 miles above the surface and cruising at around 17,000 mph. Sidenote this is not a promotion of the SatGus program but Mark Rober has officially opened the satellite to the public for free and that’s just way too cool not to share!
https://i.redd.it/ze6m7b4rsy2f1.jpeg
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Neat! What’s the QR code?
I was going to investigate myself, but I assume other redditards will share my curiosity.
*checks QR code*
Thank you for this. Out of this world.
since the earth exists in space, and we all exist on earth, all selfies are by defination “taken in space”
seriously though awesome achievement
This is a selfie cam on a satellite recently launched with the help of Mark Rober and multiple teams. His latest video on YouTube explains what’s going on.
https://www.spaceselfie.com/
Be aware, it’s very fussy about how the pic is cropped, or I’m just bad at this stuff. Wants a rectangle the shape of the drop-in window. Also, what file size will the site accept? I had trouble with that too, although it might not have accepted that attempt for other reasons. Btw, does anyone else find doing a simple crop of a photo on Mac an overcomplicated pain in the ass? How hard is it to offer a simple shortcut labeled “Crop”?