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Why nobody's remembering Albert II - the first animal reached the space? He even doesn't have wiki article..
by riku_iki 9y ago
Why nobody's remembering Albert II - the first animal reached the space? He even doesn't have wiki article..
- pavel_lishin 9y agoCan you enlighten us?
- riku_iki 9y agoAlbert was followed by Albert II who survived the V-2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949, after a parachute failure.[2] Albert II became the first monkey and first primate in space as his flight reached 134 km (83 mi) - past the Kármán line of 100 km taken to designate the beginning of space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space
- jotm 9y agoSecrecy of experiments, plus lots of (ex) Nazis. Nobody likes them Nazis. Plus it was a monkey. Dogs are universally loved.