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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, rode a Jupiter IRBM (scale model of rocket shown) into space in 1959. Landmarks for animals in space 1947: First animals in space (fruit flies) 1949: First primate and first mammal in space 1950: First mouse in space 1951: First dogs in space 1957: First ...
Miss Baker awaits launch. Jupiter AM-18 stands ready for its 2:39 am launch at Cape Canaveral launch complex 26B.. Miss Baker wore a helmet lined with rubber and chamois leather plus a jacket for launch, in addition to a respiration meter affixed to her nose with model cement, and she was fitted into a snug capsule of shoebox size, 9¾ × 12½ × 6¾ inches (24.8 × 31.8 × 17.1 cm) insulated ...
Category: 1996 in outer space. 8 languages. ... Astronomical objects discovered in 1996 (1 C, 967 P) S. 1996 in spaceflight (2 C, ...
Also installed a new handrail on the exterior of Kvant-2 to aid future spacewalks. 6 June 16:56 3 hours 34 minutes 20:30 Mir EO-21 Kvant-2: Yury Onufriyenko Yury Usachov Installed two American micrometeoroid detector experiments to the exterior of Kvant-2. Also replaced a cassette for the Komza experiment of the surface of Spektr. 13 June 12:45 ...
2 Animal Disguises Chameleon: April 23, 1996 Henry learns about camouflaged animals after looking for his own disguise. 1st Place: Chameleon; 2nd Place: Poo Bug; 3rd Place: Potoo Bird; 3 Nighttime Animals Springhare: April 30, 1996 After a long day with cousin Rex, Henry can't get to sleep, and learns about animals which stay up during the night.
[2] May – First naked-eye observation of Comet Hale-Bopp. [3] June 4 – The European Space Agency's Cluster is lost when the maiden flight of the Ariane 5 rocket fails, self-destructing 37 seconds after launch from the Guiana Space Centre because of a software bug in the computer control system. [4]
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The first space rendezvous was accomplished by Gemini 6A and Gemini 7 in 1965.. Records and firsts in spaceflight are broadly divided into crewed and uncrewed categories. Records involving animal spaceflight have also been noted in earlier experimental flights, typically to establish the feasibility of sending humans to outer space.