Animals in space human in space. On 13 December 1958, a Jupiter IRBM, AM-13, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a United States Navy-trained South American squirrel monkey named Gordo on board. The nose cone recovery parachute failed to operate and Gordo was lost. Telemetry data sent back during the flight showed that the monkey survived the 10 g of launch, 8 minutes of weightlessness and 40 g of reentry at 10,000 miles per hour (16,000 km/h). The nose cone sank downrange from Cape Canaveral and was not recovered. Monkeys Able and Baker became the first monkeys to survive spaceflight after their
Miss Earth Argentina Miss Earth Argentina Miss Earth Argentina is a national Beauty pageant that selects Argentina's representative to the Miss Earth pageant. The Miss Earth Argentina title was launched in 2001 with Daniela Stucan as the first titleholder who represented Argentina in the international pageant and won an elemental title, "Miss Fire" (third runner-up) in the Miss Earth 2001 pageant. In 2006, the pageant was held by Glamour Argentino. From 2007-2010, the franchise was under the organizers of Miss Mundo Argentina, Belleza Argentina/N-Entertainment under the direction of Nadia Cerri (1997 Miss International Argentina). In 2012, the franchise was awarded to Gary Colos