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. Born during the summer of 1957 this chimpanzee s life would make history in america s space program. The space chimps ham and enos were celebrated at the time. Space program s project mercury.
It all began with his capture. Albert died of suffocation during the flight. 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 preformed perfectly responding to the blue lights as intended. He was held in captivity and was only later purchased by the united states air force. On january 31 1961 ham flew a suborbital flight on the mercury redstone 2 mission part of the u s.
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. Ham the first chimp in space and the subject of this photo preceded the first american in space alan shepherd.
The space chimps or astrochimps hold a special place in the hearts of everyone at save the chimps. 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. Save the chimps honors ham his courage and his unwilling sacrifice.
His name was ham. Ham was just one of the six experimental chimps enrolled into nasa s project mercury. During that time he reached the altitude of 157 miles speed of 5857 mhp and had six minutes of weightlessness.