Space Monkey: Able, Baker, and the Race to the Stars

In this episode of History Ignited , we take a giant leap for primate-kind as we explore the incredible story of the "Space Monkeys." Before Yuri Gagarin or John Glenn ever left the atmosphere, a brave group of rhesus macaques and squirrel monkeys like Able and Baker were the true pioneers of the cosmos. We’ll dive into the high-stakes missions of the late 1950s, the scientific breakthroughs that proved life could survive the rigors of spaceflight, and the complex ethical legacy these furry astronauts left behind. From the screeching nose cones of...