[1]
NASA ANIMAL LAUNCES
06.11.48 Albert I, a rhesus
monkey
06.14.48 Albert II, Aeromedical
Laboratory monkey
08.31.49 mouse
12.12.49 Albert IV, a rhesus
monkey
May 1950 a mouse
09.20.51 Yorick, a monkey, and
11 mice
05.22.52 two Philippine monkeys,
Patricia and Mike and two white mice,
Mildred and Albert
04.23.58 a mouse
07.09.58 Laska, a mouse
07.23.58 Wilkie, a mouse
09.16.59 Fourteen mice
12.13.58 Gordo, a squirrel monkey
05.28.59 Able, rhesus monkey,
and Baker, a South American
squirrel monkey
06.03.59 Four black mice
12.04.59 Sam, a rhesus monkey
01.21.60 Miss Sam, a rhesus
monkey (Sam's mate)
01.31.61 Ham, a chimpanzee
11.10.61 Goliath, a squirrel monkey
11.29.61 Enos, a chimpanzee
12.14.66 a variety of specimens,
including insects, frog eggs, and
microorganisms
09.07.67 a variety of specimens,
including insects, frog eggs,
microorganisms
06.28.69 Bonnie, a pig-tailed monkey
07.28.73 Anita and Arabella, two
common Cross spiders
1983-Present - Various biological
payload
[2]
On July 28, 1973, Skylab 3 was
launched.
On board were Anita and Arabella,
two common Cross spiders. Tests were
set up to record the spiders' successful
attempts to spin webs in space.
[3]
On May 22, 1952, two Philippine monkeys, Patricia and Mike, were
enclosed in an Aerobee nose section. Patricia was placed in a seated
position and Mike in a prone position to determine differences in the
effects of rapid acceleration. Fired 36 miles up at a speed of 2000
mph, these two monkeys were the first primates to reach such a
high altitude.
Also on this flight were two white mice, Mildred and Albert. They
were inside a slowly rotating drum where they could "float" during
the period of weightlessness. The section containing the animals was
recovered safely from the upper atmosphere by parachute.
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