Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration
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.
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Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration
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.
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Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration

Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration

by John Alexander Lynch
Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration

Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration

by John Alexander Lynch

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780817322618
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication date: 03/15/2026
Series: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
Pages: 198
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
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