In 1942 the Nazis launch a V2 rocket successfully for the first time. More people died manufacturing the V-2 than were killed by its deployment (slave labor). In 1944 the V2 became the first artificial object to travel into space. 🎥 Klaas Meijer | NextGen PHDefense

🤩 On October 24, 1946, a V-2 rocket captured the first-ever photo of Earth from space. Find more stunning moments in space history 👉 https://trib.al/LAM7mVC While these grainy, black-and-white images might not look like much today, they were a huge deal at the time, because no one had ever seen Earth #FromSpace before. The V-2 rocket launched from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. It carried a 35-millimeter motion picture camera that captured a new frame every second and a half. The