SpaceSelfie.com CrunchLabs Review: Real or Fake? Reviewed November 2026

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Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 — Verdict: NOT PROVEN — NOT A FRAUD FINDING. This is a project review, not a fraud finding: we do not call the project a scam outright, and we do not present any selfie-in-space outcome as verified or guaranteed for any individual upload. Our original review covered SpaceSelfie.com, the free public project from CrunchLabs and Mark Rober that lets anyone upload a selfie, have it beamed to a satellite screen in orbit, and photographed with Earth in the background — asking whether it is truly as legit and exciting as it sounds.

Originally published Apr 26, 2026. Reviewed and updated Nov 2, 2026.

Table of Contents

What is SpaceSelfie.com?

SpaceSelfie.com is a free, public project launched by Mark Rober — a former NASA and Apple engineer turned YouTube creator — through his company CrunchLabs. The idea: anyone can upload a selfie, which is transmitted to a real satellite orbiting the Earth. The satellite displays the selfie on a screen and photographs it with Earth in the background, producing a one-of-a-kind “space selfie”.

How the space-selfie concept works

  1. Upload your selfie on the project’s page (free, per the site).
  2. Your photo is transmitted to the satellite.
  3. The satellite displays it on its screen and photographs it with Earth in the background.
  4. You receive your space selfie by email or on the website once it is captured — timing depends on the queue.

The satellite behind the project is SAT GUS, launched Jan 14, 2025. No individual upload outcome is verified or guaranteed.

Re-checked Nov 2, 2026: still live under CrunchLabs

As of Nov 2, 2026, spaceselfie.com redirects to space.crunchlabs.com — “Space Selfie by Mark Rober and CrunchLabs”. The selfie-to-space concept is still present: “Upload your selfie here (it’s free)” and “We’re Going to Space. And Now it’s Free for Everyone! #SPACESELFIE”. Selfies go to satellite SAT GUS (launched Jan 14, 2025), with partners T-Mobile and Google Pixel listed. The site’s claim is free for everyone; no prices were listed on the page seen.

The Apr 2026 framing of the project is now outdated and has been removed from this review.

Photo-privacy and safety cautions

  1. Never upload someone else’s photo without their consent.
  2. Check what a selfie-upload project does with submitted images (storage, display, reuse) before uploading your own.
  3. Never share OTPs, bank details or login credentials with a novelty-upload site.
  4. Prefer uploading from the official project page, not third-party mirrors.

FAQs

Is SpaceSelfie.com real?
The project is presented as a real CrunchLabs initiative per the original, but no individual outcome is verified — a review, not a fraud finding.

Will my selfie definitely go to space?
No outcome is presented as guaranteed for any individual upload.

What is a safe alternative?
Established space-education projects with published terms.

Final verdict

SpaceSelfie.com: NOT PROVEN — outcome unverified, not a fraud finding. The project is presented as a real CrunchLabs/Mark Rober initiative and remains live under space.crunchlabs.com, but no individual selfie-in-space outcome is verified or guaranteed. Upload mindfully, with photo-privacy caution.

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