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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.
On December 8, Albert IV, the second mammal in space, flew on the last monkey V-2 flight and died on impact after another parachute failure [2] after reaching 130.6 km. Alberts, I, II, and IV were rhesus macaques while Albert III was a crab-eating macaque. Monkeys later flew on Aerobee rockets. On April 18, 1951, a monkey, possibly called ...
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Albert II [a] (born 6 June 1934) is a member of the Belgian royal family who reigned as King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 until his abdication on 21 July 2013. Albert II is the son of King Leopold III and the last living child of Queen Astrid , born a princess of Sweden.
Albert the Magnanimous KG, elected King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439), was a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V , Duke of Austria . Through his wife ( jure uxoris ) he also became King of Hungary , Croatia , Bohemia , and inherited a claim to the Duchy of Luxembourg .
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The drama surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has reached Monaco. Prince Albert II shared his thoughts on the couple’s bombshell tell-all interview nearly three weeks after it aired ...
The outcomes of the Albert I launch were used to prepare for the launch of Albert II on June 14, 1949, which successfully reached space on a suborbital flight. However, Albert II also died, due to a parachute failure, but the recorder indicated that he had survived the flight until that point. [4]