First Picture Of Earth From Space 1946

White sands missile range applied physics laboratory this is the first photograph of earth ever taken from space.

First picture of earth from space 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 greater than 100 miles in space. The first photograph of earth from space taken on 24 october 1946. This is the first photo ever taken from space. With a 35mm camera strapped to it the rocket reached an altitude of 65 miles 105 km and treated humanity to the.

On october 24 1946 not long after the end of world war ii and years before the sputnik satellite opened the space age a group of soldiers and scientists in the new mexico desert saw something new and wonderful the first pictures of earth as seen from space. 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. This photo the first to be taken from 100 miles above earth was. First pictures of earth from 100 miles in space 1947.

The white sands rocket official name v 2 no. The image above shows the first photo captured of earth from space taken by a camera mounted. Shot on october 24 1946 from a cool 65 miles up it was taken with a 35mm camera mounted on a v 2 missile launched from the white sands missile range. In 1946 a group of scientists sent a rocket hurtling up into the atmosphere.

Launched on 24 october 1946 at the white sands missile range in white sands new mexico the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 mi 105 km. On this day in 1946 before apollo before mercury even before sputnik that was no longer the case. First photo of earth from space october 24 1946 via white. On this day in 1946 the first photos of earth were taken from space.