On October 24th, 1946, humanity saw their Earth from a "god's eye view" for the very first time when the first photo taken of the planet from space was captured. The photo was captured by V-2 Rocket No. 13, a captured German ballistic missile launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The images were captured by a DeVry 35mm motion picture camera that was modified to take one frame every 1.5 seconds. Since there was no wireless transmission in 1946, the film only survived after the rocket was completely destroyed upon re-entry to Earth because it was encased in a custom-built steel cassette. This launch also set the record of the highest photograph ever taken at an altitude of 65 miles. The old record was a photograph taken at 13.5 miles in 1935 by an Explorer II balloon.
