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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 in space, orbited April 12, 1961; Enos, the second of the two chimpanzees launched into space, and the only one to orbit Earth ...
Enos, the third great ape and only chimpanzee to orbit the Earth, being prepared for launch on Mercury-Atlas 5 (November 29, 1961) Able, who flew on the first two monkey space mission in May 1959, on display at the National Air and Space Museum Sam, a rhesus macaque, flew to an altitude of 88 km (55 mi) on December 4, 1959, on a NASA rocket, Little Joe 2
As part of the NASA space program, Gordo, also known as Old Reliable, was launched from Cape Canaveral on December 13, 1958, in the U.S. PGM-19 Jupiter rocket on its AM-13 mission. The rocket would travel over 1,500 miles and reach a height of 310 miles (500 km) before returning to Earth and landing in the South Atlantic .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 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 ...
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys is an American science-fiction-comedy animated television series. [1] The show premiered in August 16, 1996 in the United Kingdom and September 7, 1996, in the United States, and ended after 26 episodes on June 21, 1997.
A captured gorilla being interviewed in a parody news show. First aired April 28, 1980 in series 2, episode 5. [1] Gladys Chimpanzee Gilligan's Island: Female ape that befriended Gilligan in the episode "Beauty Is As Beauty Does" and wins the "Miss Castaway" pageant. Lancelot Link: Chimpanzee Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp: Nurse Precious ...
An Aug. 19, 1952, archival photo from the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern shows an escaped monkey sitting outside of its cage at Menominee Park. Three monkeys escaped after vandals cut a hole in the ...
Set in the year 2062, the series follows the missions of Earth spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol (WSP).Zodiac's crew comprises Dr Venus, an authority on space medicine; engineer and navigator Professor Matthew Matic; and co-pilot Robert: a transparent, anthropomorphic robot who often exclaims "ON-OUR-WAY-'OME!" as XL5 returns to base.