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![]() The first description of this that I've ever read. Also, it is the first use of satellite photography for reconnaissance that I know about.
The first actual pictures of the Earth from space were taken on March 7, 1947:
Mengel conducted upper atmosphere experiments by launching the rockets into near-earth orbit. He designed and fabricated the first research nose shell to replace of the V-2 warhead and began placing cameras in the nose shell. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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