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Gordo
Gordo, also known as Old Reliable, was a squirrel monkey used by the United States in spaceflight research. He was launched into space aboard the Jupiter AM-13 rocket on December 13, 1958. Although telemetry data indicated that Gordo survived the flight and experienced weightlessness, the spacecraft's parachute failed during reentry, and he was lost at sea.
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Yorick
Yorick, also referred to as Albert VI, was a rhesus monkey who participated in an Aerobee rocket flight on September 20, 1951, launched from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The flight carried Yorick and 11 mice to an altitude of approximately 45 miles (72 kilometers), reaching the edge of space. Yorick became the first monkey to be recovered alive after a rocket flight, though he died sever...
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