Marshall Space Flight Center a future goal of manned flight, monkeys Able and Baker were the first living creatures recovered from outer space on May 28, 1959. They had been carried in the nose cone on a Jupiter missile to an altitude of and a distance of , successfully withstanding 38 times the normal pull of gravity. Their survival during speeds over 10,000 miles per hour was America's first biological step toward putting a man into space. On October 21, 1959, President Eisenhower approved the transfer of all Army space-related activities to NASA. This was accomplished effective July 1, 1960, when 4,670 civilian employees,
Miss Earth 2013 on 25 November 2012 at the F1 Hotel in Taguig City. The event was held on 18 November 2013. The following candidates were chosen as the Best School Tour Teachers: In the same event, the following candidates were chosen as the Most Child Friendly: 88 delegates have been selected to compete: Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants: Delayed Telecast on 8 December 2013 (10:00 AM Philippine Standard Time) Miss Earth 2013 Miss Earth 2013, the 13th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, was held on 7 December 2013 at the Versailles Palace in Alabang, Muntinlupa,