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Patricia
Patricia was a cynomolgus monkey used by the United States in early aerospace medical research. On May 21, 1952, she and a macaque named Mike were launched aboard an Aerobee rocket from Holloman Air Force Base. The suborbital biomedical test flight reached an altitude of roughly 36 miles to study the physiological effects of high-altitude travel. Both monkeys survived the flight, contributing valu...
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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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