Poor Miss Baker

Miss Baker was a squirrel monkey who was sent into space in 1959 as part of the US space programme when she was two years old. She was the first animal to be sent into space that returned alive, though the poor little thing must have been terrified.

Miss Baker died in 1984 and is buried in Huntsville, Alabama, where this headstone marks her grave. Note the bananas left on top.

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Photo of Miss Baker from Wikipedia Commons.

Photo of her grave from 'Cemetery Conservation Issues'.

HT to The Daily Undertaker.