V-2 No. 13

October 1946 V-2 rocket launch
	The first photo of the Earth above the Kármán line, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13.
V-2 rocket launch
Launch	24 October 1946
Pad	White Sands Missile Range
Outcome	Success
Apogee	65 mi (105 km)
Components
Serial no.	13

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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V-2 rocket launch
The first photo of the Earth above the Kármán line, taken with a motion picture camera aboard the V-2 No. 13.
Launch	24 October 1946; 77 years ago (24 October 1946)
Pad	White Sands Missile Range
Outcome	Success
Apogee	65 mi (105 km)
Components
Serial no.	13