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First monkey in space

First monkey in space
Who
Albert II
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
14 June 1949

The first monkey in space was Albert II, a rhesus monkey who reached an altitude of 83 miles (134 km) aboard a V-2 rocket on 14 June 1949. Albert II was part of the US “Albert” Programme that launched monkeys into space from New Mexico, to study the effects of space flight on our closest animal relatives, before sending up humans. He did not survive the return, however, as the capsule's parachute malfunctioned before landing. In the course of the flight, Albert's biomedical data had been gathered and transmitted.