🗓#OTD in 1942 Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2, the world’s first long-range ballistic missile. V2: Nazi Rocket airs tonight at 11 PM. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

On October 24, 1946, a V-2 rocket captured the first-ever photo of Earth from space. Space History Archives👉 https://space-com.visitlink.me/BlNcW0 While these grainy, black-and-white images might not look like much today, they were a huge deal at the time, because no one had ever seen Earth from space before. The V-2 rocket launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. It carried a 35-millimeter motion picture camera that captured a new frame every second and a half. The rocket soa