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Overall view of the Miss Baker couch display, including the couch itself and an "autograph".

The sign behind the display reads

Primate Pioneers

On May 29, 1959, Jupiter AM-18 lifted off with two special passengers: Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey. The "monkeynauts" flew to an altitude of 360 miles, at speeds over 10,000 miles per hour. They were recovered alive after surviving nine minutes of weightlessness and a peak force of 38 Gs.

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