Miss Baker

Miss Baker
Born1957 (1957)
Iquitos, Peru
Died(1984-11-29)November 29, 1984 (aged 27)
Resting placeU.S. Space & Rocket Center
34°42′43″N 86°39′14″W / 34.7119770°N 86.653971°W / 34.7119770; -86.653971
Other namesTLC
Space career
U.S. Navy space pioneer
Time in space
16 minutes
MissionsJupiter AM-18

Miss Baker (1957 – November 29, 1984) was a squirrel monkey who in 1959 became, along with female rhesus macaque Able, one of the first two animals launched into space by the United States who safely returned.


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