V-2 No. 13

The first photo of Earth from space, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13.

The White Sands rocket (official name V-2 No. 13[1]) was the first man-made object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space.[2][3] Launched on October 24, 1946, at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 miles (104.6 km).[1][4]

The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35 mm black-and-white camera.[3][5]

References

  1. 1 2 White, L. (September 1952), Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program, Report No. R52A0510, Schenectady, N.Y.: General Electric Company, retrieved October 18, 2016
  2. Air and Space article with photos
  3. 1 2 Fraser, Lorence (1985). "High Altitude Research at the Applied Physics Laboratory in the 1940s" (PDF). Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest. 6 (1): 92–99. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  4. White Sands Missile Range Fact Sheet
  5. Beegs, Jr., William (July 30, 2015). "Upper Air Rocket Summary 13". Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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