Samsung ‘SpaceSelfie’ Satellite Crash-Lands in Michigan Couple’s Front Yard

Samuel Allegri
By Samuel Allegri
October 28, 2019US News
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Samsung ‘SpaceSelfie’ Satellite Crash-Lands in Michigan Couple’s Front Yard
The Samsung logo in Seoul, South Korea, March 23, 2018. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

Imagine out of this world junk falling in your yard.

A Samsung pseudo-satellite fell in the front yard of a woman’s house in rural Michigan on the morning of Oct. 26.

The crash was heard by Nancy Welke at 8:45 a.m., right before her husband and she were going to let the horses out, reported the Gratiot County Herald.

The pseudo-satellite is assumed to have been launched by Samsung into space and was still buzzing while on the ground of Welke’s property.

Gratiot Central Dispatch officials said that the fire department closed a road that was nearby the crash because something had been caught in live power lines. About 30 minutes later, the road was usable again, according to USA Today.

Welke wrote on Facebook: “Unbelievable. Look what just fell out of the sky and 911 is baffled and it’s caught up in our tree.”

According to Samsung Newsroom U.K, the Samsung SpaceSelfie is a project to enable their customers to take a picture of their face with space as a backdrop.

Samsung emailed a statement to the Detroit Free Press saying that the landing was planned, but it was blown off course forcing it to make an “early soft landing.”

“Earlier today, Samsung Europe’s SpaceSelfie balloon came back down to earth. During this planned descent of the balloon to land in the U.S., weather conditions resulted in an early soft landing in a selected rural area,” says the Samsung statement. “We regret any inconvenience this may have caused.”

On Oct. 23, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. unveiled their first SpaceSelfie with actor, model, and philanthropist Cara Delevingne, saying it was taken 65,000 feet above space.

She said at the event hosted in London: “I’m honored to be Samsung’s SpaceSelfie pioneer! To celebrate, I wanted to take the first group selfie to go to space. I can’t wait for my fans to join us and get their hands on a SpaceSelfie of their own.”

During the inauguration event, Benjamin Braun, Samsung’s Chief Marketing Officer in Europe, made some remarks regarding their SpaceSelfie idea.

“Tonight, we made history by unveiling Samsung’s first SpaceSelfie. Our relentless pioneering spirit continues to show that amazing things happen on a Samsung screens–even from the 65,000 feet above the earth,” he said. “Our ethos is Do What You Can’t and the Samsung SpaceSelfie is just that. We continually break the boundaries of what is possible with innovation and tonight’s SpaceSelfie launch is no different.”

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