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NASA sent monkeys into space as part of their early human spaceflight program to study the effects of space travel on living organisms. The monkeys were placed in specially designed capsules or cages and launched into space aboard rockets. The first monkey to be sent into space was Albert I, a rhesus monkey, who was launched aboard a V-2 rocket in 1948. Subsequent missions, such as the famous Mercury-Redstone 2 mission in 1961, which carried a chimpanzee named Ham, used more advanced spacecraft and rockets. These missions helped scientists gather valuable data on the physiological and psychological effects of space travel on primates, which contributed to the development of human spaceflights.