NASA Selfies is a fun and free app for “taking a selfie in space.” What it really does is just put your face into the helmet of a space suit that is floating in space. You can pick the background for your space selfie. Backgrounds are provided from NASA’s huge library of images. When you pick a background, you can tap on it to learn more about what is shown in the picture. For example, I chose the background of Pinwheel Galaxy then tapped on it to read about that infrared image captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
Using NASA Selfies doesn’t require you to sign-up or sign-into any kind of account. The selfies that you make with the app are saved directly on your phone or tablet’s camera roll. After your image is saved you can share it however you normally share images from your phone or tablet.
Get NASA Selfies for iOS here and get the Android version here.
Applications for Education
NASA Selfies could be a fun app to let students use to inspire a little curiosity about space. It could also be good for capturing some fun pictures to use in a presentation of simple video like those created with Adobe Spark video.