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 DR Congo the world finals.<ref name="tnp.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,168817,00.html"></ref><ref name="spicezee.com/missuniverse08/article5354.htm"></ref><ref name="grandslampageants.com/directory.php"></ref> The reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promote environmental projects and to address issues concerning the environment.<ref name="tribuneindia.com/2004/20041008/world.htm"></ref> The first year Brazzaville Congo sent a representative to Miss Earth was in 2008. She goes on to compete at the pageant in the Philippines without a separate national competition and the Miss Earth franchise was obtained then by "Beauties of Africa Inc.", owned by Mr. Andy A. Abulime. In 2015, a delegate has attended the annual Miss Earth pageant in the Philippines. This in celebration of the return of "Miss Earth Congo" to Miss Earth,