Space Chimps Ham

It was the plight of the air force chimps the chimpanzees used in the early days of space research and their descendants that inspired our late founder dr.

Space chimps ham. Ham the space chimp. The first primates in space actually preceded ham by many years. 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. Launched a chimpanzee astronaut.

The space chimps or astrochimps hold a special place in the hearts of everyone at save the chimps. Soon the fun loving chimp has to get serious about the mission at hand. A brief history of chimps in space pioneering primates. 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.

When the rocket. The 2001 film race to space was a fictionalized version of ham s story. So nasa decided to launch him i. By the early 1960s the u s.

On january 31 1961 ham became the first chimpanzee in space. Ham s name is an acronym for the lab which prepared him for his historic mission the h olloman a erospace m edical center located at holloman air force base in new mexico. Fortunately for ham iii two of his simian peers are along for the ride. Ham was a normal chimpanzee.

Purchased by the us air force at the age of 2. The chimpanzee in the movie is named mac. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. He was smart and fast learner compared to others.

Three months before alan shepard became the first american human in space the u s. Military v 2 rocket launched from white sands new mexico carrying albert i a rhesus monkey into. 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 the first space chimp was launched.

Ham whose name was an acronym for holloman aero med went up on a mercury redstone rocket on a sub orbital flight very similar to alan shepard s. Save the chimps honors ham his courage and his unwilling sacrifice. A second v 2 carried a monkey albert ii to altitude of 83 miles in space. Carole noon to establish save the chimps.

Ham iii the grandson of the first chimp astronaut is blasted off into space by an opportunity seeking senator. Air force was the first to launch primates into space. His name was ham. Instead of chimps smaller monkeys.