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Albert V
Albert V was a rhesus monkey associated with the United States' early biological spaceflight experiments. He was launched aboard an Aerobee rocket in 1951, during a period when animals were used to study the effects of rocket flight and high-altitude conditions before human spaceflight. The mission ended fatally when the parachute system failed during descent, making Albert V part of the history o...
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Able
Able was a rhesus macaque born at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Kansas who became one of the first primates to survive a spaceflight. On May 28, 1959, Able and a squirrel monkey named Miss Baker were launched into suborbital space aboard a Jupiter AM-18 rocket by the United States. The successful recovery of both animals provided crucial data on the biological effects of space travel. Unfortunately, A...
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