On May 28, 1959, two monkeys named Able and Baker became the first monkeys to go to space and make it back alive. Miss Able was a rhesus monkey from Kansas, and her crewmate Miss Baker was a squirrel ...

On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed ...

Jill Buckbee Wilson was 6-years-old when her father, Ed Buckbee, brought a 1-pound squirrel monkey into her life – a very famous monkey … a monkeynaut, so to speak. “I knew Miss Baker was very famous, ...

Earlier this week, Iran made a pretty big deal about their supposedly successful attempt at launching a monkey into orbit and returning him safely to Earth. "Iran is on its way to send a man into ...