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V2 rocket's historic 1946 mission: First space shot of Earth
Onboard was a 35 mm camera that captured the first images of Earth. Although the rocket did not return to ... It is now considered the oldest preserved picture of our planet from space.
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First photograph of Earth: How a WWII rocket made history
On October 24, 1946, the V2 rocket became the first human-made object to reach outer space, reaching an altitude of about 105 kilometres. Onboard was a 35 mm camera that captured the first images ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
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The first photo of Earth from space was taken 70 years ago
The first photo of Earth taken by humanity from space. Credit: White Sands Missile Range/Applied Physics Laboratory Seventy years ago today, humans took a photo of our home planet as seen from ...
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The German Space Program That Never Was
A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket, the first man-made object to reach ... the rocket to generate lift when it reentered Earth’s atmosphere, thereby extending the ...