Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This is Footage taken from a Thor missile launched on May 12, 1959 by a special "data capsule" containing a 16mm camera. Originally designed by GE to record footage of the missile itself for later analysis, the engineers quickly realized that the device could record images of the Earth itself.
This is Footage taken from a Thor missile launched on May 12, 1959 by a special "data capsule" containing a 16mm camera. Originally designed by GE to record footage of the missile itself for later analysis, the engineers quickly realized that the device could record images of the Earth itself.
