Marshall Space Flight Center a future goal of manned flight, monkeys Able and Baker were the first living creatures recovered from outer space on May 28, 1959. They had been carried in the nose cone on a Jupiter missile to an altitude of and a distance of , successfully withstanding 38 times the normal pull of gravity. Their survival during speeds over 10,000 miles per hour was America's first biological step toward putting a man into space. On October 21, 1959, President Eisenhower approved the transfer of all Army space-related activities to NASA. This was accomplished effective July 1, 1960, when 4,670 civilian employees,
Miss Earth 2012 at the F1 Hotel in Taguig City. The Miss Photogenic winners were announced on 19 November 2012. Final Question in Miss Earth 2012: "What would you consider as your defining moment as a woman?" Answer of Miss Earth 2012: "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm so afraid that's my problem because I didn't understand the question so I will try to say this message : I want to say that we have to protect Mother Earth because you know, how big mother earth and the people is not a privilege it's a duty for us living on this planet…she gave