Rhesus monkey launch recovery. Examination of a female rhesus monkey (named Able) after her spaceflight. Able, along with a squirrel monkey called Bak
Rhesus monkey launch recovery. Examination of a female rhesus monkey (named Able) after her spaceflight. Able, along with a squirrel monkey called Baker, achieved suborbital space flight on 28 May 1959. They were launched with a Jupiter missile (mission AM-18) to an altitude of 480 kilometres in a flight lasting 16 minutes. The capsule was recovered from the Atlantic by the USS Kiowa. Both monkeys survived the flight, but Able died four days later from a reaction to anaesthetic during surgery. Able and Baker were the first monkeys to be successfully recovered alive from space. Photographed on 28 May 1959.
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