Miss Baker | |
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Born | 1957 Iquitos, Peru |
Died | Auburn University clinic, Auburn, Alabama, U.S. | November 29, 1984 (aged 27)
Resting place | U.S. Space & Rocket Center 34°42′43″N 86°39′14″W / 34.7119770°N 86.653971°W |
Other names | TLC |
Space career | |
U.S. Navy space pioneer | |
Time in space | 16 minutes |
Missions | Jupiter AM-18 |
Miss Baker (1957 – November 29, 1984) was a squirrel monkey who in 1959 became, along with female rhesus macaque Able, one of the first two animals launched into space by the United States who safely returned.