TODAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 1961, Ham became the first chimpanzee in space. A post-flight medical examination found him to be slightly fatigued and dehydrated, but in good shape otherwise.
Chimps, the First Space Explorers Before Mercury AstronautsDoctors examine Ham the chimpanzee after his Mercury space flight Feb. 1, 1961. Ham's name was an acronym for"Holloman Aero Med," the New Mexico base where he was kept.
said scientists used animals before astronauts to see it they could enter space and return to Earth unharmed.Doctors examine Ham the chimpanzee after his Mercury space flight Feb. 1, 1961. Ham's name was an acronym for "Holloman Aero Med," the New Mexico base where he was kept. said scientists used animals before astronauts to see it they could enter space and return to Earth unharmed.Sailors on the USS Donner, which recovered Ham and his Mercury spacecraft in the Atlantic off Cape Canaveral, Fla., open his protective capsule after the flight, Feb. 1, 1961. Ham was launched on on a suborbital flight a Redstone rocket and returned in good shape.Ham reaches for an apple.
reported that despite technical problems, he and the spacecraft performed well.A monkey is fitted with an oxygen mask during a test at the U.S. Air Force Wright Air Development Center, near Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1956.Enos the chimp is escorted by airman Michael Berman, left, and M/Sgt. Edward Dittmar on his return to Patrick Air Force Base after his space flight, Dec. 1, 1961, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.
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