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Exploration On 24 October 1946 a camera mounted on a captured German V-2 rocket took the first photograph of Earth from space, from about 105 km over New Mexico
A 35mm camera on V-2 No. 13, launched from White Sands on 24 October 1946, returned the first photographs of Earth from space at about 105 km.
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