1948 - The United States begins to send monkeys into space to test the biological effects. Albert I reaches sub-space, but does not survive. Albert the 2nd becomes the first monkey to make it into space, but dies after a parachute...

Following the defeat of the Axis powers, American, British and Soviet intelligence agencies work diligently to recruit German rocket scientists and acquire their knowledge and designs. The United States hires Wernher von Braun and his...

Following the defeat of the Axis powers, American, British and Soviet intelligence agencies work diligently to recruit German rocket scientists and acquire their knowledge and designs. The United States hires Wernher von Braun and his...

Disaster struck when the cargo straps connecting the capsule and support module failed to detach.

This is the story of the heroic primates that helped propel Nasa and its astronauts into space