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Albert II was a male rhesus macaque monkey who was the first primate and first mammal to travel to outer space. He flew from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States, to an altitude of 83 miles (134 km) aboard a U.S. V-2 sounding rocket on June 14, 1949.
The two took the space endurance record for monkeys at 13 days, 17 hours in space. Monkeys Ivasha and Krosh flew on Bion 10 from December 29, 1992, to January 7, 1993. [19] Krosh produced offspring, after rehabilitation upon returning to Earth. Lapik and Multik were the last monkeys in space until Iran launched one of its
Monkeys and apes in space; Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space on June 14, 1949; Laika, a Soviet space dog, was the first animal to orbit Earth, November 3, 1957; Yuri Gagarin, the first human and second hominid in space, orbited April 12, 1961; Enos, the second of the two chimpanzees launched into space, and the only ...
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 ...
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Albert I was a rhesus macaque monkey and the first mammal launched on a rocket (V-2 Rocket "Blossom No. 3") on June 18, 1948. [1] [2] The launch was staged at White Sands Proving Ground, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Albert I, a nine-pound monkey, was anesthetized and placed inside the rocket's crew capsule in the nose of the V-2 rocket. [2]
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