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Aero Jet Aerobee sounding rocket experiment Alamocordo, New Mexico: An experiment made by the U.S. Air Force with two monkeys and two mice conclude that is possible for a mammal to function within the range of normalcy during rocket flight, approximately 100, 00 feet in the upper atmosphere in a Aerobe rocket. Photo #1 made after a separation of rocket nose from the rest of the rocket- minutes of zero-gravity show me use in rear drum, grasing the sides of platform to maintain equilibrium while mouse in front campartment is floating in air during this period. Photo #2 taken after parachute opening when the deceleratio applied to the nose cone by drag parachute approximates one G'. The mouse infront compartment is standing poised and normally oriented as he follows drum movement

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