Comments on: Smallsteps Wallpaper: V2 Rocket http://wanderingspace.net/2007/09/smallsteps-wallpaper-v2-rocket/ Imaging the bodies of our Solar Sysytem Thu, 17 May 2012 14:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Space Posters | The Chopping Block http://wanderingspace.net/2007/09/smallsteps-wallpaper-v2-rocket/#comment-8194 Space Posters | The Chopping Block Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:09:35 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=454#comment-8194 [...] missions had already taken men to the moon and safely back home. Also check out the rarely seen first image ever returned from outer space (in 1948!) — you would think we would all be more familiar with that landmark [...] [...] missions had already taken men to the moon and safely back home. Also check out the rarely seen first image ever returned from outer space (in 1948!) — you would think we would all be more familiar with that landmark [...]

]]> By: wanderingspace » Blog Archive » DIY Space Exploration http://wanderingspace.net/2007/09/smallsteps-wallpaper-v2-rocket/#comment-6847 wanderingspace » Blog Archive » DIY Space Exploration Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:24:17 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=454#comment-6847 [...] The video you are watching comes from a camera attached to a weather balloon that rose into the upper stratosphere and recorded Earth against the blackness of space. This is amazing if you consider its a family that just decided to try it. Anyone could have done this before NASA or the Soviets had the ability to video record been as common as it is today. It is also worth noting that this is fairly similar to the way the Air Force did actually obtain the first ever images of Earth from space. [...] [...] The video you are watching comes from a camera attached to a weather balloon that rose into the upper stratosphere and recorded Earth against the blackness of space. This is amazing if you consider its a family that just decided to try it. Anyone could have done this before NASA or the Soviets had the ability to video record been as common as it is today. It is also worth noting that this is fairly similar to the way the Air Force did actually obtain the first ever images of Earth from space. [...]

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