V-2_No._13

V-2 No. 13

V-2 No. 13

Modified V-2 rocket

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 mi (105 km).[1][5]

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Flight

Universal newsreel about the launch

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    Air and Space article with photos
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "Compendium of Meteorological Space Programs, Satellites, and Experiments" (PDF). NASA. March 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. [5]
    White Sands Missile Range Fact Sheet
  6. [6]
    Beegs, Jr., William (30 July 2015). "Upper Air Rocket Summary 13". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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