On May 28, 1959, history was made when two monkeys, Able and Baker, became the first primates to survive spaceflight. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Jupiter missile, these brave monkeynauts soared 360 miles above Earth, experiencing weightlessness for nine minutes before safely splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. This mission provided critical data for human space exploration. Sadly, Able died a few days later from a surgical complication, but Baker lived until 1984, becoming
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On May 28, 1959, history was made when two monkeys, Able and Baker, became the first primates to survive spaceflight. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Jupiter missile, these brave monkeynauts soared 360 miles above Earth, experiencing weightlessness for nine minutes before safely splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean. This mission provided critical data for human space exploration. Sadly, Able died a few days later from a surgical complication, but Baker lived until 1984, becoming
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