Ham Space Monkey

On january 31 1961 ham the chimp was launched from the cape canaveral space center on a 17 minutes long suborbital flight.
Ham space monkey. Ham the first chimpanzee in space on january 31 1961 ham became the first chimpanzee in space. 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. On january 31 1961 ham flew a suborbital flight on the mercury redstone 2 mission part of the u s. Save the chimps honors ham his courage and his unwilling sacrifice.
Ham preformed perfectly responding to the blue lights as intended. Ham the first chimp in space and the subject of this photo preceded the first american in space alan shepherd. He was held in captivity and was only later purchased by the united states air force. The space chimps ham and enos were celebrated at the time.
Space program s project mercury. During that time he reached the altitude of 157 miles speed of 5857 mhp and had six minutes of weightlessness. Ham the chimp often viewed as a hero at the same time as being viewed as an unwitting victim in the infamous space race was the first hominid launched into space. Three months before alan shepard became the first american human in space the u s.
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. His name was ham. Albert died of suffocation during the flight. It all began with his capture.
The space chimps or astrochimps hold a special place in the hearts of everyone at save the chimps. 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. Ham july 1957 january 19 1983 also known as ham the chimp and ham the astrochimp was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space. Ham was taken away from his home in cameroon in the west of central africa before being sent to a farm in miami florida.