V-2 No. 13

October 1946 V-2 rocket launch
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
Launch24 October 1946; 78 years ago (24 October 1946)
PadWhite Sands Missile Range
OutcomeSuccess
Apogee65 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]

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