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Space monkeys Able and Miss Baker...
Space monkeys Able and Miss Baker...
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May 29, 1959
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 29, 1959
* Space monkeys Able & Miss Baker
* 1st living beings returned from space alive
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 7: "MONKEYS PASS TEST IN SPACE; NOW 'PERFECT'" and "Little Animals Blaze Trail For Man; Data Checked".
Why this report is on a inside page, I don't know. It is what it is, a 1st report.
Other news of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: On May 28, 1959, aboard the JUPITER AM-18, Able, a rhesus monkey, and Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, became the first living beings to successfully return to Earth after traveling in space (defined as above 50 mile altitude by the U.S. at the time). They travelled in excess of 16,000 km/h, and withstood 38 g (373 m/s²).[citation needed] Able died June 1, 1959 while undergoing surgery to remove an infected medical electrode, from a reaction to the anesthesia. Baker died November 29, 1984 at the age of 27 and is buried on the grounds of the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Able was preserved, and is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Their names were taken from a phonetic alphabet.
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