MISSIONS CARRYING BIOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL PAYLOADS 



Mission 

 Blossom 3 



Blossom 4 



Blossom 5 



Blossom 6 



Blossom 7 



Aerobee 1 

 Aerobee 2 



Aerobee 3 



Mouse-In-Able 1 



Mouse-In-Able 2 



Date Duration 

 6/18/48 NA 



10/48 



5/49 



5/49 



7/50 



7/9/58 



NA 



NA 



NA 



NA 



4/18/51 NA 

 9/20/51 NA 



5/21/52 NA 



4/23/58 20m 



20m 



Comments 



Carried a Rhesus monkey ("Albert") 

 as first biological rocket 

 payload; monkey not recovered. 



Carried a Rhesus monkey; para- 

 chute failure and monkey not 

 recovered . 



Carried a Cynomolgus monkey; para- 

 chute failure and monkey not 

 recovered . 



Carried a Cynomolgus monkey; para- 

 chute failure and monkey not 

 recovered. 



Last V-2 flight; carried a mouse; 

 parachute failure and mouse not 

 recovered . 



Carried a Capuchin monkey into 

 sub-orbital flight; not recovered. 



Carried a Rhesus monkey and 1 1 

 mice; animals landed alive, but 

 monkey died at recovery site due 

 to heat. 



Two Capuchin monkeys ("Mike" and 

 "Patricia") and 2 mice flown; all 

 recovered alive, showed no ill 

 effects from flight. 



Carried mouse ("Wickie") into 

 sub-orbital flight in a Thor-Able 

 nosecone; neither mouse nor 

 nosecone were recovered. 



Carried mouse ("Laska") into 

 sub-orbital flight, monitoring 

 heart rate; mouse not recovered. 



IV 



