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Scatback was a rhesus macaque used by the United States in an early spaceflight experiment. He flew on a suborbital mission in December 1961 and survived the flight itself, but the recovery operation failed to locate him after the capsule landed at sea. His mission belongs to the period when American space programmes used primates to collect biological information before and during the first human spaceflights.
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Who was Scatback?
Scatback was a rhesus macaque used by the United States in an early spaceflight experiment. He flew on a suborbital mission in December 1961.
Did Scatback survive his spaceflight?
He survived the flight itself. The recovery operation failed to locate him after the capsule landed at sea.
When did Scatback fly?
Scatback flew in December 1961. His mission was a United States suborbital spaceflight experiment involving a rhesus macaque.
What happened to Scatback after the capsule landed?
The capsule landed at sea, but the recovery team could not locate Scatback afterward. The loss occurred during recovery, not during the suborbital flight itself.
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