Front:
MONKEINAI
MISS
BAKER
Remember the "first lady of
On May 28, 1959, Miss
space"?
Baker, and her flight companion. Able.
flew into fame as the first animais
launched into space and recovered
alive.
The Huntsville - based U.S.
Army Ballistic Missile Agency, was
responsible for launching primates
Able and Baker, aboard a
Jupiter
The project was jointly
sponsored by the U.S. Army and Navy
in support of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
missile.
Miss Baker was studied for
physical reactions to flight by electronic
circuits, measurements were made of
ter respiration, body temperature,
pressure within the capsule and heart
ACE
CONFER
action.
Traveling at 10.000 miles
per hour, the monkeys were ciothed in
special space suits and helmets to
protect them from the effects of the
flight. Electronic equipment monitoring
their physiological state showed them
to be mildly startied at liftoff,
other times during the 15 minute flight.
and at
Immediately after recovery, Miss Baker
ate a banana and a cracker, and then
rolled over and went to sleep.
Now retired from space
travel, "Miss Baker",
a native of
Iquitos, Peru, has kept her age well.
She still weighs about one pound, and
is in good health.
Back:
the Continental card
Tranquility Base Huntsville, AL 35807
Alabama Space & Rocket Center
ALABAMA SPACE and ROCKET CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
EARTH'S LARGEST SPACE EXHIBIT
Miss Baker, the first lady of space, is shown by one
of the tour guides, as she poses in her special
monkeynaught chamber. Miss Baker was the first
monkey to survive a journey into space on May 28,
1959.
ALABAMA SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER
Huntsville, AL 35807
B7220-Color Photo: Bruce Miley
MIKE ROBERTS
BERKELEY 94710
