Miss Baker Burgess and Chris Dubbs in their 2007 book ‘Animals In Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle.’ For this, and her apparent pleasure at being handled with tender loving care, she earned the nickname TLC. With experiments imminent, the Army named their monkey "Alpha," and the Navy followed with "Bravo," names taken directly from the phonetic alphabet. Before flight, though, the names changed to the first letters of the antiquated Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. Miss Baker wore a helmet lined with rubber and chamois leather plus a jacket for launch, in addition to a respiration meter affixed to her
Miss Earth 2005 Mother Nature, water or air, which would you choose and why?" Winning answer: "The four elements are important but air is the most significant because it gives us life and it’s what we breathe." – Alexandra Braun, representing Venezuela Countries and delegates that participated in Miss Earth 2005: Numerous contestants appeared in other pageants. These include: Miss Earth 2005 Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, took place on 23 October 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event. At the conclusion of the pageant,