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 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,