Ham In Space

Ham was brought from the french camaroons west africa where he was born july 1957 to holloman air force base in new mexico in 1959.
Ham in space. Ham july 1956 january 19 1983 also known as ham the chimp and ham the astrochimp was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space on 31 january 1961 as part of america s space program. Chimpanzee ham in his space suit before flight chimpanzee enos the third primate to orbit the earth being prepared for launch on mercury atlas 5 november 29 1961 the first primate astronaut was albert a rhesus macaque who on june 11 1948 rode to over 63 km 39 mi on a v 2 rocket. How you can interact with the iss via ham radio listening to educational contacts. Astronauts aboard the iss regularly talk with schools and community groups through.
Following ham s mission in may 1961 astronaut alan shepard was launched into space aboard freedom 7. Http goo gl dghqsp sciencetoday ham space follow sciencetoday. The 2001 film race to space was a fictionalized version of ham s story. The russian crew aboard the iss have transmitted images via slow scan.
The space chimps or astrochimps hold a special place in the hearts of everyone at save the chimps. His name was ham. Using the iss. Download slow scan television sstv images.
In popular culture tom wolfe s 1979 book the right stuff depicts ham s spaceflight as does the subsequent film adaptation. On january 31 1961 ham whose name was an acronym for h olloman a ero m ed became the first chimpanzee in space aboard the mercury redstone rocket on a sub orbital flight very similar to alan shepard s. The chimpanzee in the movie is named mac. This was the united states first human spaceflight under project mercury which owes its great success to the results returned by ham an animal astronaut who has earned his place on the international space hall of fame.
Launched a chimpanzee astronaut. For two years number 65 as he was known officials were worried that bad publicity might result from the death of a named chimp was given intensive training at holloman air force base new mexico. Albert died of suffocation during the flight. In 2007 a french documentary made in association with.
Ham the first chimpanzee in space on january 31 1961 ham became the first chimpanzee in space.