HAM the First Chimp in Space PHOTO Hominid, Mercury-Redstone 2 Mission Flight

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Historic Space Exploration Photo!
Chimpanzee "Ham" (also called “Ham the Chimp”) in his NASA space suit is fitted into the couch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 capsule #5 prior to its test flight
into space
which was conducted on January 31, 1961. Ham has the distinction of being the First Hominid to go to space!
This was a hugely successful test flight of the Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle prior to the first manned American space mission in Project Mercury. It was launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mercury spacecraft No. 5 carried Ham the Chimp, a chimpanzee, on a suborbital flight, landing in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes and 39 seconds after launch.
Ham survived the mission and lived a good life until his death in 1983.
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