Albert V vs Mike

Albert V was a rhesus monkey associated with the United States' early biological spaceflight experiments. He was launched aboard an Aerobee rocket in 1951, during a period when animals were used to study the effects of rocket flight and high-altitude conditions before human spaceflight. The mission ended fatally when the parachute system failed during descent, making Albert V part of the history o...

Mike was a cynomolgus monkey who participated in a United States aerospace research flight in 1952. He was launched alongside another monkey named Patricia aboard an Aerobee rocket to study the effects of high-altitude flight. The mission was a short suborbital flight designed to test biomedical instrumentation and gather data on the physiological impacts of acceleration. Both animals survived the...