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• Arabella the Spider   d. 1973
  Animal. An orb-weaving spider, she was part of early NASA experiments. She spun disorganized webs in space for the Skylab project.
  United States Space And Rocket Center, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA
   
• Miss Baker    b. 1957  d. November 29, 1984
  Animal Figure. First US Animal, with her companion Miss Able (both names taken from alphabet phonetic words) to fly in space and return alive. Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey born in Iquito, Peru, was one of a pair of monkeys sent into space aboard a Jupiter rocket and brought safely back to earth on May 28, 1959. The flight reached an altitude of 300 miles, while traveling at speeds in excess of 10,000 miles per hour. They successfully withstood forces of 38 times the pull of gravity here on...[Read More] (Bio by: Vincent Astor)
  United States Space And Rocket Center, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA
   

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