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
Norway at Miss Earth winner will compete at Miss Earth. Norway at Miss Earth Norway has contested 10 Miss Earth pageants since that pageant's inception in 2001. No Norwegian has won the Miss Earth title. In 2002 Miss Norway sent its first Miss Earth representative to Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of the Miss Earth beauty pageant. Norway has never won Miss Earth. Its best result is Fay Larsen's Top 10 placement in 2003. Starting in 2010, the winner of Miss Norway will compete in the Miss Earth pageant. In 2012, 1st Runner-up of Miss Norway or "Miss Universe Norway" competed at Miss