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Monkey Space Trip Claim Sparks Smithsonian Debate
Franklin Carey reports that a Philippine macaque named Stratosphere, kept at the Smithsonian National Zoo, participated in an Air Force rocket test in 1953, and officials say the creature shows no lasting ill effects. The monkey, once trained in weightless flight, remains healthy and active despite the historic high altitude.
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