American-born Rhesus monkey "Able" is released from the life support capsule in which she rode the nose cone of an Army Jupiter missile launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 28, 1959.
<ul><li>Image Number: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:National Air and Space Museum">NASM</a>-7B07478</li></ul>
Lt. Cecil W. Stoughton, US Army Photo Agency
1959-05-28
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