Miss Baker
Miss Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1957 Iquitos, Peru |
| Died | November 29, 1984 (aged 27) Auburn University clinic, Auburn, Alabama, U.S. |
| Resting place | U.S. Space & Rocket Center 34°42′43″N 86°39′14″W / 34.7119770°N 86.653971°W |
| Other names | TLC |
| Space career | |
| U.S. Navy space pioneer | |
Time in space | 16 minutes |
| Missions | Jupiter AM-18 |
Miss Baker (c. 1957 – November 29, 1984) was a squirrel monkey who in 1959 became, along with female rhesus macaque Able, one of the first two animals launched into space by the United States who safely returned.