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Samsung's 'Space Selfie' falls out of sky, lands on Michigan couple's property
Source: NBC News
Samsung's 'Space Selfie' falls out of sky, lands on Michigan couple's property
Oct. 27, 2019, 5:48 PM EDT
By Tim Stelloh and Gabriel Samandi
A Michigan woman said that a device launched by Samsung into space last week crash-landed on her rural property in Michigan on Saturday.
The "Space Selfie" device, which the company said aimed to capture images “using a unique view of planet earth as the backdrop,” was found by Nancy Mumby-Welke and her husband on Saturday morning after they heard a loud crash outside their home in Gratiot County.
As the couple investigated, she told NBC News, “We realized it had fallen from the sky. It looked like a satellite.”
Samsung confirmed in a statement that the device “came back down to earth,” though the company described its descent as an “early soft landing in a selected rural area” that was “planned” because of weather conditions in the United States.
“No injuries occurred and the balloon was subsequently retrieved,” Samsung said. “We regret any inconvenience this may have caused."
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Oct. 27, 2019, 5:48 PM EDT
By Tim Stelloh and Gabriel Samandi
A Michigan woman said that a device launched by Samsung into space last week crash-landed on her rural property in Michigan on Saturday.
The "Space Selfie" device, which the company said aimed to capture images “using a unique view of planet earth as the backdrop,” was found by Nancy Mumby-Welke and her husband on Saturday morning after they heard a loud crash outside their home in Gratiot County.
As the couple investigated, she told NBC News, “We realized it had fallen from the sky. It looked like a satellite.”
Samsung confirmed in a statement that the device “came back down to earth,” though the company described its descent as an “early soft landing in a selected rural area” that was “planned” because of weather conditions in the United States.
“No injuries occurred and the balloon was subsequently retrieved,” Samsung said. “We regret any inconvenience this may have caused."
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/samsung-s-space-selfie-falls-out-sky-lands-michigan-couple-n1072596
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