The first ever monkey astronaut was Albert, a Rhesus Monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 mi) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of suffocation during the flight.....little dude got pretty damn high!

the little guy below is Ham...another space monkey



Albert was followed by Albert II who survived the V2 flight but died on impact on June 14, 1949 after a parachute failure.



...this second picture is kinda really sad....little bugger had no choice!

monkeys are very clever....just not clever enough to cope in our world...but they are also alot of fun...mischievous!

there are two sides to me...one can't breathe and the other just crashes spectacularly...eventually!

other monkeys that were shot into space...that did make it back?!

I doubt they were never the same again!




this is me also....but there are always 2 of me

james