"In Huntsville, Ala., there is an unusual grave site where, instead of flowers, people sometimes leave bananas.The gravestone reads: Miss Baker, squirrel monkey, first U.S. animal to fly in space and return alive. May 28, 1959."
NPR.org pays tribute to the unwilling simian test pilots of NASA’s early, bumbling attempts at space travel. Just kidding. No one has ever been to space. Seriously. No one. Ever.
Read: "After 50 Years, Space Monkeys Not Forgotten"
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