You Can Take Selfies With Earth Using This YouTuber’s Satellite: Here's How

Travelling to outer space to explore our universe and see how our planet Earth looks from the outside is still a dream for many. However, a new significant invention can now help you take a selfie with Earth. Yes! You read that right.

According to The Verge, Mark Rober, who is a former NASA employee and a YouTube content creator, is planning to launch a new satellite with the help of Google and T-Mobile that will allow users to take selfies with our planet.

How it works

As per The Verge, if anyone informs Rober about their exact location, he will click the picture with the help of the satellite, which will be located over the city you live in. Also, he will tell you the exact time when the picture will be taken so you can go outside and technically get in the shot twice.

The satellite is scheduled to be launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX in January 2025 aboard the Transporter 12 mission. However, an exact launch date is yet to be revealed. As per The Verge, people can start taking selfies with Earth a few months later after the launch.

As per Rober and T-Mobile, clicking selfies with Earth will be completely free. But there’s a catch. According to the report, users might require a CrunchLabs subscription, a website that provides engineering kits for youngsters to receive the free code for the out-of-this-world selfie. An annual package for CrunchLabs varies between $25 to $80 (Rs 2,100 to Rs 6,700 approx) depending upon the package.

However, existing T-Mobile members can also acquire a free code through the T-Life app and Google Pixel owners will also receive the codes.

As per The Verge, users can start taking these codes starting tomorrow, December 3 through the official website,spaceselfie.com. To acquire your Earth selfie, simply upload your selfie to the website, and you will receive an email letting you know when your selfie will be taken.

According to the report, there are two cameras and two Google Pixel phones installed on either side of the satellite for reliability and the entire device is powered by a large solar array that sends electricity to a 120Wh battery pack.