Redwire Corporation has announced a partnership with YouTube creator Mark Rober and CrunchLabs to provide space camera technology for a novel satellite mission that will capture selfies from orbit.

The SAT GUS initiative combines Redwire’s flight-proven camera systems with a custom-built satellite developed by CrunchLabs, Google Pixel, and T-Mobile. The project allows users worldwide to submit photos through spaceselfie.com for capture in space.

The technical process involves displaying user-submitted selfies on a Google Pixel phone mounted aboard SAT GUS. Redwire’s camera system then photographs these images with Earth as the background before transmitting the results to ground stations.

Beyond its entertainment value, the mission is a science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) outreach program. The project aims to demonstrate space technology’s impact on daily life while supporting underserved engineering students globally.

“Redwire is proud to partner with Mark Rober and CrunchLabs for the SAT GUS mission, which will use Redwire’s trusted space cameras to support a one-of-a-kind STEAM initiative to give millions of people around the world access to space,” said Austin Jordan, Redwire VP of Marketing and Communications, in a news release.

The company’s camera technology builds on extensive flight experience across various space applications, including machine vision, optical navigation, science, remote sensing, photogrammetry, inspection, video monitoring, and mission documentation. Recent high-profile deployments include supporting Intuitive Machines’ lunar landing during the IM-1 mission and the Orion Camera System’s role in the Artemis I mission, developed in collaboration with Lockheed Martin.

The partnership represents a convergence of social media influence, consumer technology, and space infrastructure in service of public engagement with space exploration. On that note, NASA recently invited digital content creators to attend the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft.