ANOTHER MONKEY ON SPACE FLIGHT.—A female Rhesus monkey peers from her space suit as she is prepared for her flight in a test capsule. The one-ton capsule, attached to a rocket fired from Wallops Island, Virginia, was dropped into the Atlantic Ocean after reaching an altitude of seven miles. Air Force physicians who examined the monkey after her release from the capsule said she seemed more frisky than before the launching.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29112, 26 January 1960, Page 6
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71ANOTHER MONKEY ON SPACE FLIGHT.—A female Rhesus monkey peers from her space suit as she is prepared for her flight in a test capsule. The one-ton capsule, attached to a rocket fired from Wallops Island, Virginia, was dropped into the Atlantic Ocean after reaching an altitude of seven miles. Air Force physicians who examined the monkey after her release from the capsule said she seemed more frisky than before the launching. Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29112, 26 January 1960, Page 6
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