NASA Marks 60 Years Since the First Chimp in Orbit
Sixty years ago this week, humanity sent its bravest into Earth’s orbit—a chimpanzee named Enos. In the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. had set its sights on the moon, but strapping yourself to a rocket wasn’t exactly as common as it is today. So, in the early 1960s, NASA sent dozens of animals […]
