V-2 No. 13
The White Sands rocket (official name V-2 No. 13[1]) was a modified V-2 rocket that became the first man-made object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space.[2][3] Launched on 24 October 1946,[4] at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 mi (105 km).[1][5]
| Mission type | Test launch |
|---|---|
| Apogee | 65 mi (105 km) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | V-2 No. 13 |
| Spacecraft type | V-2 |
| Manufacturer | Mittelwerk GmbH |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 24 October 1946 |
| Launch site | White Sands Missile Range |
The first photo of Earth from space, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13.
The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35 mm black-and-white motion picture camera.[3][6]
References
- White, L. (September 1952), Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program, Report No. R52A0510, Schenectady, N.Y.: General Electric Company, retrieved 18 October 2016
- Air and Space article with photos
- Fraser, Lorence (1985). "High Altitude Research at the Applied Physics Laboratory in the 1940s" (PDF). Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest. 6 (1): 92–99. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- "Compendium of Meteorological Space Programs, Satellites, and Experiments" (PDF). NASA. March 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- White Sands Missile Range Fact Sheet
- Beegs, Jr., William (30 July 2015). "Upper Air Rocket Summary 13". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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