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 2012 Stephany Stefanowitz of the Philippines, Miss Earth-Water was awarded to a Maracaibo native Osmariel Villalobos, a 24-year-old broadcasting company talent from Venezuela, and Miss Earth-Fire was given to the 22-year-old, a student and model from Minas Gerais, Brazil. 80 contestants competed for the crown in this year's edition. The theme of this year's Miss Earth edition was "International Year of Sustainable Energy for All". The "Miss Earth 2012 Trivia Challenge" was held on 4 November 2012. The "Walk with Miss Earth Campaign" were held on the following dates: 4, 6, 7 and 8 November 2012. The "I Love My Planet