Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Monkey Able After Recovery
Full Description:
On May 28, 1959, a Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile provided by a U.S. Army team in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, launched a nose cone carrying Baker, A South American squirrel monkey and Able, An American-born rhesus monkey. This photograph shows Able after recovery of the nose cone of the Jupiter rocket by U.S.S. Kiowa.
Date of Image:
1959-05-28
Category:
Early Rockets
term:
Jupiter
term:
Monkey
term:
Able
term:
recovery
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Alabama
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
May 28, 1959
facet_when_year:
1959
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
8005458
NIX #:
MSFC-8005458
MSFC Negative Number:
8005458
UID:
SPD-MARSH-8005458
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