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OTD In Space – January 21: 'Miss Sam' The Rhesus Monkey Launched Into Space
On January 21, 1960, a monkey named Miss Sam launched on a Little Joe rocket to help NASA test the launch escape system for ...
On this date: Monkey 'Miss Sam' launches onboard Little Joe 1B mission
Miss Sam, a rhesus monkey, successfully flew onboard a Mercury test capsule to prove the effectiveness of the launch escape system.
Monkeys at TN zoo see snowman for the 1st time
Officials with the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee shared a clip of their mandrill monkeys, as they see a snowman for the first time ...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket reaches orbit in first test
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit early Thursday, in a critical milestone that comes some 25 ...