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 Thailand Miss Earth Thailand This is a list of women who have represented Thailand at the Miss Earth pageant. The current titleholder is Nirada Chetsadapriyakun who won 2nd Runner-up in "Miss All Nations Thailand 2017". She will represent Thailand at Miss Earth 2018. The first ever Thai representative in Miss Earth was Victoria Wachholz who participated in Miss Earth 2001. In 2002, Bangkok Broadcasting & T.V. Co., Ltd. (Channel 7) was awarded the rights and conducted the Miss Thailand Universe pageant and sent the winner to Miss Universe 2002 while the 1st Runner-up to Miss Earth pageant. In 2004, Radchadawan Khampeng