Monkey Sent To Space

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Monkey sent to space. Albert ii was sent into space by the united states space program in order for scientists to test the effects of radiation that astronauts would be exposed to at high altitudes. Miss baker a squirrel monkey shown just before her flight to space in 1958 on a jupiter rocket an intermediate range ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads not monkeys. Was the first country ever to launch a primate sending a rhesus monkey named albert to a sub space altitude of 39 miles 63 kilometers aboard a v2 rocket in june 1948. Miss baker and another monkey a rhesus macaque named able both survived the flight and became the first animals the u s.
The first monkey in sent to space albert i was launched in a v 2 rocket from new mexico in june 1942 according to nasa but he died of suffocation during the flight. On december 14 2013 afp and bbc reported that iran again sent a monkey to space and safely returned it. While the soviets were sending dogs to space the us sent monkeys. Miss baker a squirrel monkey is tucked inside her capsule and ready to launch into space aboard a jupiter missile.
Ham july 1957 january 19 1983 also known as ham the chimp and ham the astrochimp was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space. On june 11 1948 a v 2 blossom launched into space from white sands new mexico carrying albert i a rhesus monkey. The first monkey sent to outer space was named albert ii. On june 14 1949 a second v 2 flight carrying a live air force aeromedical laboratory monkey albert ii attained an altitude of 83 miles.
On january 31 1961 ham flew a suborbital flight on the mercury redstone 2 mission part of the u s. Lack of fanfare and. Researchers continue to study the effects of the space trip on their offspring. Lack of fanfare and documentation made albert an unsung hero of animal astronauts.
Rhesus macaque aftab 2013 01 28 and fargam 2013 12 14 were each launched separately into space and safely returned. Returned safely from space. The first primate to go to space was the rhesus macaque albert ii on june 14 1949 who flew on top of a v2 rocket. She traveled into space on may 28 1959 along with able an american born.