International Spaceflight Museum

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Mission Info

• Mission Type: Pre-Manned (Bioflight)
• Mission Description
  
  The Bioflight missions were precursors to the US manned spaceflight program.

  • Bioflight 1 - Gordo
    
    Gordo was a squirrel monkey launched aboard a Jupiter rocket on 13 Dec 1958 in order to study the performance of cardio-vascular systems and temperature, and the effects of radiation exposure resulting from space travel. This mission launched from Cape Canaveral flew to an altitude of 300 miles (480 km).
  • Bioflight 2 - Able & Baker
    
    A capsule holding two monkeys named Able and Baker were launched on 28 May 1959 for a sub-orbital trip 300 miles (480 km) high from Cape Canaveral.

Mission Outcome

Successful

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ISM Model Info

Status

• Approved

Location

• Rocket Ring, Spaceport Alpha

Builder

• Chris Reitveld