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Space Monkeys!

Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration

John Alexander Lynch author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Alabama Press

Publishing:15th Mar '26

£91.00

This title is due to be published on 15th March, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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Space Monkeys! cover

In the Space Race, the United States and Soviet Union faced biological and technical challenges in ensuring human safety in spaceflight. To address these, scientists on both sides used animals as test subjects. Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Non-Human Astronauts in US Space Exploration explores the public memory of four US space monkeys- Able, Baker, Ham, and Enos.

ISBN: 9780817322618

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

198 pages