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No. 3165
No. 3165 was one of the squirrel monkeys used in life-science experiments aboard Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-51-B mission in 1985. It flew in Spacelab 3 with the other identified monkey, No. 384-80, making the animal part of a numbered experimental cohort rather than a public-facing named crew member. The record is relevant to the study of how spaceflight affects living organisms.
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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 spaceflight. On May 28, 1959, Able and a squirrel monkey named Miss Baker were launched into suborbital space aboard a Jupiter AM-18 rocket by the United States. The successful recovery of both animals provided crucial data on the biological effects of space travel. Unfortunately, A...
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