Today In History:  24 October  [1946]   --  First photo of earth from space.

A camera on board the (sub-orbital) V-2 rocket No. 13 rocket which is launched from the White Sands Missile Range, takes the first photograph of earth from space. Photos were taken every second and a half, and the highest altitude reached (65 miles, 105 km) was five times higher than any picture taken before.

The rocket was assembled and launched by General Electric company with both captured German components and re-manufactured ones.

PHOTO: The first photo from space.

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Photo Attribution:  Public Domain via Wikimedia. U.S. Army - White Sands Missile Range/Applied Physics Laboratory