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Albert II

Albert II was a rhesus macaque monkey who became the first primate to reach outer space on June 14, 1949. Launched by th...

Historic Space 1940S Rhesus

8.5 Great

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Able

Able was a rhesus macaque born at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Kansas who became one of the first primates to survive a spa...

Historic Space 1950S Nasa

8.4 Great

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Tetra

Tetra is a rhesus macaque born in 1999 at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, recognized as the first cloned pr...

Research 1990S Rhesus Cloned

8.1 Great

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Retro

Retro is a rhesus macaque monkey born in July 2020 who was announced by Chinese researchers in early 2024 as the first h...

Research China 2020S Rhesus

7.9 Good

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Zhakonya

Zhakonya was a Soviet rhesus macaque used in scientific research aboard the Bion 9 satellite, launched in September 1989...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.7 Good

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Zabiyaka

Zabiyaka was a rhesus macaque monkey used by the Soviet space program for biological research. On September 15, 1989, Za...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.7 Good

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Semos

Semos was a nine-year-old male rhesus macaque residing at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. In 2007, scientis...

Research 2000S Stem Cells Rhesus

7.6 Good

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Miss Sam

Miss Sam was a female rhesus macaque used by NASA for a suborbital test flight during the early stages of the American s...

Space 1960S Nasa Mercury

7.4 Good

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Abrek

Abrek was a rhesus macaque utilized by the Soviet space program for orbital research. He flew as a primary payload aboar...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.4 Good

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Krosh

Krosh was a rhesus macaque used by the Soviet and Russian space programs for orbital flight research. He flew aboard the...

Russian Space 1990S Rhesus

7.4 Good

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Bion

Bion was a Soviet rhesus macaque who flew aboard the Kosmos 1514 satellite as part of the Bion 6 mission in 1983. Alongs...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.3 Good

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Dryoma

Dryoma was a Soviet rhesus macaque used for scientific research during the Bion 8 mission, which launched on the Kosmos...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.3 Good

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Lapik

Lapik was a Russian rhesus macaque used in the Bion 11 biological research mission, which flew from December 24, 1996, t...

Russian Space 1990S Rhesus

7.2 Good

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Verny

Verny was a rhesus macaque carried aboard the Soviet biosatellite Bion 7, also designated Kosmos 1667. The spacecraft re...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.1 Good

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Yerosha

Yerosha was a rhesus macaque used in the Soviet Union's Bion space-biomedical research program. Together with another ma...

Space 1980S Soviet Rhesus

7.1 Good

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Ivasha

Ivasha was a rhesus macaque used in the Bion 10 biological research mission, which orbited Earth from December 29, 1992,...

Russian Space 1990S Rhesus

7.0 Good

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Albert IV

Albert IV was a rhesus macaque used in the United States’ late-1940s V-2 rocket experiments involving animals. He flew o...

Historic Space 1940S Rhesus

6.7 Fair

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Scatback

Scatback was a rhesus macaque used by the United States in an early spaceflight experiment. He flew on a suborbital miss...

Historic Space 1960S Suborbital

6.6 Fair

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Multik

Multik was a Russian rhesus macaque that flew on Bion 11 in 1996 and 1997; he died under anesthesia during post-flight b...

Russian Space 1990S Rhesus

6.6 Fair

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Fargam

Fargam was a male rhesus macaque used in an Iranian biological spaceflight experiment. He was launched on 14 December 20...

Research Space 2010S Iran

6.6 Fair