The first image of Earth ever taken from space: Groundbreaking picture was taken 70 years ago today by a camera carried on a Nazi ロケット／急騰する?

  • The photograph was taken on the 24 October 1946 using a V-2 ミサイル
  • Camera was on board a US Army ロケット／急騰する?that 開始する，打ち上げるd from New Mexico?
  • The US had 雇うd a group of 降伏するd German ロケット／急騰する scientists
  • They developed 能力s of the ロケット／急騰するs that Nazis had first designed

By Abigail Beall For Mailonline

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It can be 平易な to take for 認めるd the images of the Earth we see 逮捕（する）d from space.

From Nasa 衛星s 監視するing ice in the 北極の to 宇宙飛行士s taking pictures of Northern Lights, the way the 惑星 looks from above is a familiar sight.

But 70 years ago it was a very different story, until this day in 1946 when the world saw its very first glimpse of the Earth as it looks from space.

This photograph was taken on the 24 October 1946 by a camera on board a US Army rocket. The US had employed a surrendered German rocket scientist towards the end of the Second World War, and used a Nazi missile to carry a Devry 35-millimetre camera

This photograph was taken on the 24 October 1946 by a camera on board a US Army ロケット／急騰する. The US had 雇うd a 降伏する ed German ロケット／急騰する scientist に向かって the end of the Second World War, and used a Nazi ミサイル to carry a Devry 35-millimetre camera

HITLER'S SPACE RACE

After the first was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d in ?1944, Hitler （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd thousands of these ミサイルs against 的s in London, Antwerp, and Li?ge, in what was seen as his last throw of the dice.

Around 1,500 V-2 ロケット／急騰するs, the V stood for Vergeltungswaffe, or Vengeance 武器, were 解雇する／砲火／射撃d at London and the south east of England.

After the war a team of 降伏するd German ロケット／急騰する scientists 内密に moved to America and worked with the US Army on their space programme.

They worked on the V-2 ロケット／急騰する to 実験（する） its 能力s for space 探検 and 軍の defence, and this led to the first photograph of the Earth from space.?

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The photograph was taken on the 24 October 1946 by a camera on board a US Army ロケット／急騰する that 開始する，打ち上げるd from White Sands ミサイル 範囲, New Mexico.

The US had 雇うd a group of 降伏するd German ロケット／急騰する scientists に向かって the end of the Second World War, who used a Nazi ミサイル to carry a Devry 35-millimetre camera to 逮捕（する） the image.

The camera on board was enclosed in a steel 事例／患者 to 保護する it when the ロケット／急騰する 急落するd 支援する to Earth at 500 feet per second (150m/s).

Even with this 事例／患者 it was a risky 実験, and the group of 兵士s and engineers watching the 開始する，打ち上げる of the ロケット／急騰する were overjoyed when they discovered the film had 生き残るd the 衝突，墜落.

'They were ecstatic, they were jumping up and 負かす／撃墜する like kids,' said?Fred Rulli, who was 伴う／関わるd in the camera 回復 team, によれば?空気／公表する & Space Magazine.

Then, 'when they first 事業／計画（する）d [the photos] の上に the 審査する, the scientists just went nuts.'??

Taken at an 高度 of 65 miles (104km), the 黒人／ボイコット-and-white image 明らかにする／漏らすs the Earth's curvature and shows a sweep of cloud cover over the American 南西.

The camera was 船内に a V-2 ロケット／急騰する, part of a 一連の ミサイルs developed by the Nazis.

Hermann Oberth, an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer, was believed to be one of the designers of the ロケット／急騰する.?

After the first was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d in ?1944, Hitler （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd thousands of these ミサイルs against 的s in London, Antwerp, and Li?ge, in what was seen as his last throw of the dice.

Around 1,500 V-2 ロケット／急騰するs, the V stood for Vergeltungswaffe, or Vengeance 武器, were 解雇する／砲火／射撃d at London and the south east of England.

The camera was aboard a V-2 rocket (pictured), part of a series of missiles developed by the Nazis
After the first was fired in 1944, Hitler deployed thousands of these missiles against targets in London, Antwerp, and Li?ge, in what was seen as his last throw of the dice. Diagram shown

The camera was 船内に a V-2 ロケット／急騰する (replica left, diagram 権利), a 一連の ミサイルs developed by the Nazis. After the first was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d in 1944, Hitler （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd thousands of these ミサイルs against 的s in London, Antwerp, and Li?ge, in what was seen as his last throw of the dice

A cutaway of the V2 rocket compiled by American intelligence forces. Hermann Oberth, ?an Austro-Hungarian-born G erman physicist and engineer, was believed to be one of the designers of the rocket

A cutaway of the V2 ロケット／急騰する 収集するd by American 知能 軍隊s. Hermann Oberth, ?an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and engineer, was believed to be one of the designers of the ロケット／急騰する

THE OVERVIEW EFFECT?

Few people have had the 適切な時期 to look at the Earth as a globe.

But those who have had this chance have 報告（する）／憶測d changes in their 認識／意識性 of the world.?

The overview 影響 is the 指名する given to this change in 認識／意識性 報告（する）／憶測d by some 宇宙飛行士s and （ロシアの）宇宙飛行士s during spaceflight.

It is often 報告（する）／憶測d while 見解（をとる）ing the Earth from 軌道 or from the lunar surface.?

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After the war a team of 降伏するd German ロケット／急騰する scientists 内密に moved to America and worked with the US Army on their space programme.

They worked on the V-2 ロケット／急騰する to 実験（する） its 能力s for space 探検 and 軍の defence, and this led to the first photograph of the Earth from space.?

Since then, 宇宙船 have 逮捕（する）d images of Earth from much その上の away.

On 14 February, 1990, the Voyager 1 宇宙船 looked 支援する at our solar system and snapped the first-ever pictures of the 惑星s from beyond Neptune.

A 狭くする-angle colour image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', was part of this first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by Voyager 1.

Precursor of the space race: The V2 rocket, or Vengeance weapon, was designed by the Germans to retaliate for devastating Allied bombing strikes on German cities

Precursor of the space race: The V2 ロケット／急騰する, or Vengeance 武器, was de 調印するd by the Germans to 報復する for 破滅的な 連合した 爆破 strikes on German cities

In the early hours of Saturday morning, a former Army helicopter pilot will climb on board a cramped Soyuz space capsule to begin his journey back to Earth.?While preparing for his return to Earth, the British spaceman has managed to find the time to take a few final snaps of the stunning Northern Lights from his viewpoint 249 miles above the Earth

?While 準備するing for his return to Earth, British spaceman Tim 頂点（に達する） managed to find the time to take a few final snaps of the 素晴らしい Northern Lights from his viewpoint 249 miles above the Earth in June this year (pictured)

PALE BLUE DOT: SOLAR SYSTEM'S FIRST FAMILY PORTRAIT

This?arrow-angle colour image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', was part of this first ever 'portrait' of the solar system

This?arrow-angle colour image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', was part of this first ever 'portrait' of the solar system

On 14 February, 1990, the Voyager 1 宇宙船 looked 支援する at our solar system and snapped the first-ever pictures of the 惑星s from beyond Neptune.

A 狭くする-angle colour image of the Earth, dubbed 'Pale Blue Dot', was part of this first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by Voyager 1.

The image of Earth 含む／封じ込めるs scattered light that 似ているs a beam of sunlight, which is an artefact of the camera itself that makes the tiny Earth appear even more 劇の.

Voyager 1 was 40 天文学の 部隊s from the sun at this point.

One 天文学の 部隊 is 93 million miles, (150 million kilometres).

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