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Bion 9 with monkeys Zhakonya and Zabiyaka followed from September 15, 1989, to September 28, 1989. [18] 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.
Ham (July 1957 – January 19, 1983), a chimpanzee also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first great ape launched into space.On January 31, 1961, Ham flew a suborbital flight on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission, part of the U.S. space program's Project Mercury.
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 ...
Enos’ space capsule during the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission, on display at the Museum of Life and Science, in Durham, North Carolina. Enos (born about 1957 – died November 4, 1962) was a chimpanzee launched into space by NASA, following his predecessor Ham.
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.
Albert I – (rhesus monkey) the first primate and first mammal launched on a rocket (a June 18, 1948 V-2 flight), although it did not reach space. Albert II – (rhesus monkey) the first primate and first mammal in space, June 14, 1949. Died upon hitting the ground due to a parachute failure
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Gordo was a South American species of squirrel monkey, about one foot tall and weighing between 1 and 1.5 kg.He was chosen for space travel because of his species' similar anatomical makeup to man and sensitivity to changes in temperature.