The rocket from the ruins
The camera built to survive
The historic launch
The picture that changed everything
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Master of The day we first looked back at Earth
007skaty Mengel coordinated Naval Research Laboratory experiments on cosmic rays, solar radiation, and pressure to achieve an unprecedented view
007skaty The historic desert launchpad stands beneath a deep black void filled with nebulae.
007skaty Rebuild the ruined rocket to discover how we took the first photo from space.
V-2 rocket fuel: The V-2 rocket was powered by liquid oxygen and alcohol, which was actually distilled from fermented potatoes!
A liquid-propellant guided missile developed by Germany during World War World II. In October 1946, researchers launched a captured German model in New Mexico to photograph Earth from space.
What was the name of the post-WWII US military operation that brought German V-2 rockets to America?
In what year did the US launch the V-2 rocket that took the first photo from space?
Who coordinated these early rocket experiments as head of the Naval Research Laboratory's science section?
What did scientists replace the V-2 rocket's explosive warhead with for the 1946 launch?