First Pictures Of Earth From Outer Space!

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keywords: pre-space race, post-wwii german v-2 rocket, earth from space

Synopsis: Using a captured WWII German V-2 Rocket a flying laboratory with a motion-picture camera is launched 65 miles above the Earth and while some instruments were damaged the photographic film survived giving us our first picture of our planet from near-space...(read more)

Date: 1946
Duration: 00:01:20
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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First Pictures Of Earth From Outer Space!

First Pictures Of Earth From Outer Space!

The first pictures of earth as seen from space was an historical event on October 24, 1946. Using a captured German V-2 Rocket, a flying laboratory including a motion picture camera, is launched 65 miles above the earth from New Mexico site. The instrument was damaged when it landed, but the amazing film record was safe. Clyde Holiday of John Hopkins University examining the damaged camera after return from space.