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Photograph or image of Miss Baker: Squirrel Monkey Miss Baker poses with the Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Service she was awarded by the American Soci

Pet Garden

Miss Baker

A Memory Realm virtual pet garden honoring Miss Baker, remembered for Spaceflight, NASA, Animal astronaut.

1957 - 1984Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Photograph or image of Miss Baker: A squirrel monkey, Baker, in bio-pack couch being readied for Jupiter (AM-18 flight). Jupiter, AM-18 mission, also carried an
A squirrel monkey, Baker, in bio-pack couch being readied for Jupiter (AM-18 flight). Jupiter, AM-18 mission, also carried an American-born rhesus monkey, Able into suborbit. The f NASA, https://archive.org/details/MSFC-5909875, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Miss Baker Is Remembered

Miss Baker is remembered for spaceflight, nasa, animal astronaut. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this squirrel monkey remains part of animal, cultural, scientific, or public memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Pet Garden in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm pet garden turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D pet garden connected to Miss Baker.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Huntsville, Alabama, United States is used as a broad spatial reference for this pet garden because it is connected to Miss Baker's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Miss Baker was a squirrel monkey who in 1959 became, along with female rhesus macaque Able, one of the first two animals launched into space by the United States who safely returned.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Photograph or image of Miss Baker: Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey who made a historical flight aboard the Jupiter (AM-18) in May 1958, is seen here in her viewin

Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey who made a historical flight aboard the Jupiter (AM-18) in May 1958, is seen here in her viewing area where she resided at the Alabama Space and Rocke

NASA, http://nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~9~9~58688~162532, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Photograph or image of Miss Baker: The gravestone of space pioneer Miss Baker is at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It frequently has a

The gravestone of space pioneer Miss Baker is at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It frequently has a banana on top.

James E. Scarborough, Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Photograph or image of Miss Baker: The gravestone of space pioneer Miss Baker is at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It frequently has a

The gravestone of space pioneer Miss Baker is at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It frequently has a banana on top.

James E. Scarborough, Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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