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Miss Baker (1957 – November 29, 1984) was a squirrel monkey who in 1959 became, along with female rhesus macaque Able, one of the first two animals launched into space by the United States who safely returned.
May 28, 2019 · Baker, who was often referred to as Miss Baker, survived the postflight hubbub but remained a public icon. For years, she was on display, first at "Baker's Bungalow" in Florida, then at the...
May 27, 2016 · Miss Baker - monkeynaut, became the first US animal to fly into space and return safely May 28, 1959. This is the story of her life after that historic flight.
Nov 3, 2014 · When Peruvian-born, U.S.-raised astronaut Miss Baker died in 1984 at the age of 27, she had been to space once and married twice. Her grave, located at the United States Space and Rocket...
May 16, 2024 · In 1959, Able, a female rhesus monkey, and Miss Baker, a female squirrel monkey, became the first primates to survive a space flight.
Jun 1, 2016 · On May 28, 1959, a Jupiter rocket blasted off carrying a rhesus monkey named Miss Able and a squirrel monkey named Miss Baker. After a 16 minute flight (nine of them weightless), the monkeys’ capsule returned to Earth and the two were recovered in “perfect health,” the first primates to have survived such a journey.
Jun 25, 2014 · Thanks to Able and Miss Baker, NASA and the U.S. military were assured that humans could survive in space. These two monkeys paved the way to human exploration in space. Able and a squirrel monkey named Baker were the first American animals to enter space and return safely.
