SpaceSilicon Canalsabout 1 hour ago
First space photos from a Nazi V-2 rocket in 1946
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On October 24, 1946, a captured Nazi V-2 rocket launched from White Sands with a 35mm DeVry camera in its nose. At 65 miles up, it shot the first photos of Earth from space. Engineers wrapped the film in a steel cartridge, and it survived the crash buried in desert sand.
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