Animals in space 1959 flight. On 28 May 1959, aboard Jupiter IRBM AM-18, were a 7-pound (3.18 kg) American-born rhesus monkey, Able, from Independence, Kansas, and an 11-ounce (310-gram) squirrel monkey from Peru, Baker. The monkeys rode in the nose cone of the missile to an altitude of 360 miles (579 km) and a distance of 1,700 miles (2,735 km) down the Atlantic Missile Range from Cape Canaveral, Florida. They withstood forces 38 times the normal pull of gravity and were weightless for about 9 minutes. A top speed of 10,000 mph (16,000 km/h) was reached during their 16-minute flight. The monkeys survived
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,