In 1946, Applied Physics Laboratory scientists of Johns Hopkins University
attached cameras to a captured German V-2 rocket and snapped the first picture of Earth from space

About Universities- Johns Hopkins University
Was the first research university established in the United States
The Johns Hopkins University Press, founded in 1878, is the oldest continuously-operating university press in the United States.
Claiming he did not deserve the salary he was offered, Albert Einstein turned down an
invitation to join the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1927.