Space Monkeys!
Remembering the Nonhuman Astronauts in US Space Exploration
Will be published approx. on 15. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-0-8173-6252-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the Space Race, the United States and Soviet Union faced biological and technical challenges in ensuring human safety in spaceflight. To address these, scientists on both sides used animals as test subjects. Space Monkeys!: Remembering the Non-Human Astronauts in US Space Exploration explores the public memory of four US space monkeys- Able, Baker, Ham, and Enos.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
22 b&w figures
Dimensions
Height: 151 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-6252-2 (9780817362522)
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Person
John A. Lynch is professor of communication at the University of Cincinnati and author of What are Stem Cells?: Definitions at the Intersection of Science and Politics and The Origins of Bioethics: Remembering When Medicine Went Wrong. He also serves as board member for Rhetoric of Health & Medicine and Rhetoric & Public Affairs.
Content
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hey, Hey, We're the Space Monkeys!
Chapter 1. Text and Image: Space Monkeys in Print News
Chapter 2. Museum Monkeys
Chapter 3. "Once Upon a Rocket . . . ": Space Monkeys in Children's Books
Chapter 4. Space Monkeys at the Movies
Chapter 5. Criticizing That (Space) Monkey Business
Conclusion: Primate Affiliation along the Utopian Frontier
Notes
References
Index