First Image Of Earth From Space 1946. The missile carried a 35 mm camera aloft that snapped an image every second and a half. The first footage of earth from space above 100 kilometers.
The first images were taken in 1946 using automatic movie cameras installed inside of german designed v 2 rockets which were launched from white sands nm. From agriculture and military intelligence to geology and cartography. For most of my life i thought the first images of earth from space were taken during our early space program in the 1960s.
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The missile carried a 35 mm camera aloft that snapped an image every second and a half. This photo the first to be taken from 100 miles above earth was. The first footage of earth from space above 100 kilometers. 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.