Miss Baker

Squirrel monkey Miss Baker is seen in her bio-pack at Marshall Space Flight Center prior to launch of the Jupiter, AM-18 mission into sub-orbit in May 1959. Following her trip to space, Miss Baker became an attraction at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. She was inducted into the Alabama Animal Hall of Fame in 2005.

Miss Baker, squirrel monkey and first U.S. animal to survive spaceflight, at Tuskegee
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Miss Baker, squirrel monkey and first U.S. animal to survive spaceflight, at Tuskegee