Image: First photo from space
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Description: The first photos taken from space were taken on October 24, 1946 on the sub-orbital U.S.-launched V-2 rocket (flight #13) at White Sands Missile Range. Photos were taken every second and a half. The highest altitude (65 miles, 105 km) was 5 times higher than any picture taken before.
Title: First photo from space
Credit: White Sands Missile Range/Applied Physics Laboratory [1] https://chaoglobal.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/nasa-15/
Author: U.S. Army
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