HAM – The first Chimp In Space

In January 1961, the chimpanzee HAM (AKA Holloman Aerospace Medical Center) made history as the first primate to travel in space aboard a Mercury Redstone rocket on a sub-orbital flight for NASA.

Ham’s flight lasted ~16 ½ minutes at a speed of ~5800 mph to a height of 157 miles above the earth.

Source: Save the Chimps

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