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[[File:First photo from space.jpg|thumb|The first photo of Earth from space, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13.]] |
[[File:First photo from space.jpg|thumb|The first photo of Earth from space, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13.]] |
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The '''White Sands rocket''' (official name '''V-2 No. 13'''<ref name="Hermes">{{citation|last=White|first=L.|title=Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program|url=https://archive.org/details/finalreportproje00whit|accessdate=October 18, 2016|volume=Report No. R52A0510|date=September 1952|publisher=General Electric Company|location=Schenectady, N.Y.}}</ref>) was a modified [[V2 rocket]] that became the first man-made object to take a photograph of the [[Earth]] from [[outer space]].<ref>[http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/FEATURE-FirstPhoto.html?c=y&story=fullstory Air and Space article with photos]</ref><ref name="APL">{{cite journal|last=Fraser|first=Lorence|year=1985|title=High Altitude Research at the Applied Physics Laboratory in the 1940s|journal=Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest|volume=6|issue=1|pages=92–99|url=http://techdigest.jhuapl.edu/views/pdfs/V06_N1_1985/V6_N1_1985_Fraser.pdf|accessdate=October 18, 2016}}</ref> Launched on October 24, 1946, at the [[White Sands Missile Range]] in [[White Sands, New Mexico]], the rocket reached a maximum altitude of {{cvt|65|miles}}.<ref name="Hermes"></ref><ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/449089main_White_Sands_Missile_Range_Fact_Sheet.pdf White Sands Missile Range Fact Sheet]</ref> |
The '''White Sands rocket''' (official name '''V-2 No. 13'''<ref name="Hermes">{{citation|last=White|first=L.|title=Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program|url=https://archive.org/details/finalreportproje00whit|accessdate=October 18, 2016|volume=Report No. R52A0510|date=September 1952|publisher=General Electric Company|location=Schenectady, N.Y.}}</ref>) was a modified [[V2 rocket]] that became the first man-made object to take a photograph of the [[Earth]] from [[outer space]].<ref>[http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/FEATURE-FirstPhoto.html?c=y&story=fullstory Air and Space article with photos]</ref><ref name="APL">{{cite journal|last=Fraser|first=Lorence|year=1985|title=High Altitude Research at the Applied Physics Laboratory in the 1940s|journal=Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest|volume=6|issue=1|pages=92–99|url=http://techdigest.jhuapl.edu/views/pdfs/V06_N1_1985/V6_N1_1985_Fraser.pdf|accessdate=October 18, 2016}}</ref> Launched on October 24, 1946,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19900009927.pdf|title=Compendium of Meteorological Space Programs, Satellites, and Experiments|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=March 1988|page=10|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> at the [[White Sands Missile Range]] in [[White Sands, New Mexico]], the rocket reached a maximum altitude of {{cvt|65|miles}}.<ref name="Hermes"></ref><ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/449089main_White_Sands_Missile_Range_Fact_Sheet.pdf White Sands Missile Range Fact Sheet]</ref> |
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The famous photograph was taken with an attached [[DeVry Industries|DeVry]] [[35 mm film|35mm]] black-and-white [[motion picture camera]].<ref name="APL"></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postwarv2.com/usa/ws/uars/uars13.html|title=Upper Air Rocket Summary 13|last=Beegs, Jr.|first=William|date=July 30, 2015|accessdate=October 18, 2016|archiveurl=https://archive.is/WRPPX|archivedate=October 18, 2016}}</ref> |
The famous photograph was taken with an attached [[DeVry Industries|DeVry]] [[35 mm film|35mm]] black-and-white [[motion picture camera]].<ref name="APL"></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postwarv2.com/usa/ws/uars/uars13.html|title=Upper Air Rocket Summary 13|last=Beegs, Jr.|first=William|date=July 30, 2015|accessdate=October 18, 2016|archiveurl=https://archive.is/WRPPX|archivedate=October 18, 2016}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:10, 22 October 2017
| 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 White Sands rocket (official name V-2 No. 13[1]) was a modified V2 rocket that became the first man-made object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space.[2][3] Launched on October 24, 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]
The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35mm black-and-white motion picture camera.[3][6]
References
- ^ a b White, L. (September 1952), Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program, vol. Report No. R52A0510, Schenectady, N.Y.: General Electric Company, retrieved October 18, 2016
- ^ Air and Space article with photos
- ^ a b 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 October 18, 2016.
- ^ "Compendium of Meteorological Space Programs, Satellites, and Experiments" (PDF). NASA. March 1988. p. 10. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ White Sands Missile Range Fact Sheet
- ^ Beegs, Jr., William (July 30, 2015). "Upper Air Rocket Summary 13". Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
