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76 years ago on October 24, the first picture of Earth was taken from space.

October 26, 2022

This black and white image was captured by a 35 mm camera lens carried by a V-2 rocket from an altitude of 105 km. This rocket is also the first man-made object to cross the Kármán line. Although the rocket and the camera were destroyed, they said their goodbyes leaving only the film in the…

The First Photo

August 28, 2021

24 october 1946. A time when no one saw what the earth would look like from space. The following is the first image of Earth from space, taken 65 miles above, with a movie camera fitted to a modified v2 rocket by a group of soldiers and scientists on this day.