Abstract :
The United States Air Force has disclosed that mammals were recovered alive and unharmed recently after being fired to approximately. 200,000 feet in the upper atmosphere in an Aerobee rocket. This flight provided information on the reactions of mammals under conditions of zero gravity and extreme altitude. Two monkeys and two mice, the mammals involved in this flight, were recovered alive and in good health after the test at Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, N. Mex.
