Earth First Image From Space. The first photo from space in 1946 rocket borne cameras gave us our first look at earth from beyond the atmosphere view of earth from a camera on v 2 13 launched october 24 1946. On march 7 1947 not long after the end of world war ii and years before sputnik ushered in the space age a group of soldiers and scientists in the new mexico desert saw something new and wonderful in these grainy black and white photos the first pictures of earth as seen from altitude.
The first photo from space in 1946 rocket borne cameras gave us our first look at earth from beyond the atmosphere view of earth from a camera on v 2 13 launched october 24 1946. The image above shows the first photo captured of earth from space taken by a camera mounted to a v 2 rocket that was launched from the u s. 1959 first image of earth from orbit taken by explorer 6 showing a sunlit area of the central pacific ocean and its cloud cover.
The first picture of earth from space was taken in 1946 aboard a v 2 rocket but it was grainy and barely recognizable as earth.
On march 7 1947 not long after the end of world war ii and years before sputnik ushered in the space age a group of soldiers and scientists in the new mexico desert saw something new and wonderful in these grainy black and white photos the first pictures of earth as seen from altitude. First pictures of earth from 100 miles in space 1947. The first picture of earth from space was taken in 1946 aboard a v 2 rocket but it was grainy and barely recognizable as earth. 1959 first image of earth from orbit taken by explorer 6 showing a sunlit area of the central pacific ocean and its cloud cover.