V-2 No. 13
 The first photo of the Earth above the Kármán line, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13. | |
| V-2 rocket launch | |
|---|---|
| Launch | 24 October 1946 |
| Pad | White Sands Missile Range |
| Outcome | Success |
| Apogee | 65 miles (105 km) |
| Components | |
| Serial no. | 13 |
The V-2 No. 13[1] was a modified V-2 rocket that became the first 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 miles (105 km).[1][5]
Flight
[edit]The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35 mm black-and-white motion picture camera.[3][6] The flight was an addition to the Hermes program which had been ongoing since 1944. Rocket V-2 No.13 was assembled and launched by General Electric company with both captured German components and re-manufactured ones.[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c White, L. (September 1952), Final Report, Project Hermes V-2 Missile Program, vol. Report No. R52A0510, Schenectady, N.Y.: General Electric Company, retrieved 18 October 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 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.