The First Primate in Space Was Drugged and Strapped into a Nazi-Designed Rocket
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On June 14, 1949, a drugged-up rhesus monkey named Albert II was buckled into a Nazi-designed missile at an airfield in White…
On June 14, 1949, a drugged-up rhesus monkey named Albert II was buckled into a Nazi-designed missile at an airfield in White…
On this day in 1957, a stray mutt named Laika became the first animal ever to orbit the Earth. She was launched on Sputnik 2, a…
In 1958 the US military loaded a monkey named Gordo onto a rocket (a modified medium range ballistic missile, in fact) and…
In 1958 the US military loaded a monkey named Gordo onto a rocket (a modified medium range ballistic missile, in fact) and…