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,
Norway at Miss Earth winner will compete at Miss Earth. Norway at Miss Earth Norway has contested 10 Miss Earth pageants since that pageant's inception in 2001. No Norwegian has won the Miss Earth title. In 2002 Miss Norway sent its first Miss Earth representative to Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of the Miss Earth beauty pageant. Norway has never won Miss Earth. Its best result is Fay Larsen's Top 10 placement in 2003. Starting in 2010, the winner of Miss Norway will compete in the Miss Earth pageant. In 2012, 1st Runner-up of Miss Norway or "Miss Universe Norway" competed at Miss