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Capsule ready for installation in the nose of the Jupiter launcher. The unit is pictured on 18 May 1959, prior to pre-flight testing. Jupiter AM-18 took two small monkeys (Baker and Able) on a sub-orbital flight, which they survived.
| Systematic exploration and utilization of space, such as the development and launch of a space probe or use of the space shuttle. |
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