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.
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Stopped by to see Miss Baker's stone at the Space and Rocket Center. It is outside and well marked. We found three bananas on top. Her husband, George, has a marker to the right of hers.
[EC, 05/10/2023]
Grave of the space monkey at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
[Lara Werning, 06/29/2019]
I was passing the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville and decided to stop and pay my respects to Miss Baker. I remember seeing her as a child at the museum. Due to her accomplishments we are exploring the universe. I'd say stop by and see the spot where space exploration began.
[Buffett 2010, 09/29/2018]
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.
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The grave marks an accomplishment both ominous and uplifting (RIP, pre-Miss Baker astro-animals!). If Miss Baker was still with us, last month she'd have celebrated the 60th anniversary of her 1959 return from space.