13[1] was a modified V-2 rocket that became the first object to take a photograph of the Earth from outer space.

[2][3] Launched on 24 October 1946,[4] at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico, the rocket reached a maximum altitude of 65 miles (105 km).

[1][5] The famous photograph was taken with an attached DeVry 35 mm black-and-white motion picture camera.

[3][6] The flight was an addition to the Hermes program which had been ongoing since 1944.

Rocket V-2 No.13 was assembled and launched by General Electric company with both captured German components and re-manufactured ones.