
Kansas Profiles: Miss Able, astromonkey
Kansas has been home to several astronauts: Ron Evans, Joe Engle, and Steven Hawley, for example.But before these astronauts took flight, there was another native Kansan who ventured to outer space: Well, not an astronaut, but an astromonkey.This is the true story of one of America’s first non-human space travelers and her connection to our state.The year was 1957.