OTD in space - January 21: 'Miss Sam' the rhesus monkey launched into space

On January 21, 1960, a monkey named Miss Sam launched on a Little Joe rocket to help NASA test the launch escape system for ...
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Jan. 21, 1960: Miss Sam launches

On Dec. 4, 1959, rhesus monkey Sam (named for the acronym for the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine) was launched on a ...