Little Joe 1B Mercury Launch with Miss Sam Monkey – January 21, 1960
Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, on board.
Date: January 21, 1960
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