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Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Monkey Baker at U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama
Full Description:
On May 28, 1958, Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile provided by U.S. Army team in Huntsville, Alabama, launched a nose cone carrying Baker, a South American squirrel monkey and Able, an American-born rhesus monkey. Baker, pictured here and commonly known as "Miss Baker", was later given a home at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center until her death on November 29, 1984. Able died in 1958. (Photo - Courtesy of Huntsville/Madison County Public Library)
Date of Image:
1958-05-28
Category:
Early Rockets
term:
Miss Baker
term:
Monkey
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Alabama
facet_where:
Madison
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_when:
1958
facet_when:
May 28, 1958
facet_when:
November 29, 1984
facet_when_year:
1984
facet_when_year:
1958
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
9806174
NIX #:
MSFC-9806174
MSFC Negative Number:
9806174
UID:
SPD-MARSH-9806174
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