Huntsville, Alabama: Grave of Miss Baker, Space Monkey
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U.S. Space and Rocket Center
- Address:
- One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL
- Directions:
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center. I-65 exit 340, then 15 miles east to I-565 exit 15. On the south side of the freeway; you'll see the big rocket out front. The headstone is in a little clump of trees next to the museum entrance.
- Phone:
- 256-837-3400
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Miss Baker, along with fellow monkeynaut Miss Able, was the first U.S. animal to flying into space and return alive. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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Grave of Miss Baker, Space Monkey Miss Baker is a squirrel monkey buried at the entrance to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. She was one of a pair of monkeys rocketed into space and returned alive, on May 28, 1959. Upon her return, she was rewarded with a banana and a cracker snack; she then rolled over and took a nap.
Miss Baker is interred outside the museum along with her husbands, Big George and Norman. There is no admission to visit her grave. Children attending Space Camp place a banana on her monument in her memory.
[Vincent Astor, 06/30/2011]Nearby Offbeat Places
- U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL - < 1 mi.
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- Closet of the Spider Web Lady, Huntsville, AL - 3 mi.
- In the region: Clarkson Covered Bridge, Cullman, AL - 40 mi.
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