Ham the Chimp, First Hominid in Space
Ham the Chimp, the first homonid in space, shown in the seat in which he rode during the 16 minute ballistic flight of the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) rocket in January of 1961. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab that prepared him for his historic mission - the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center in Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. He was trained to do simple, timed tasks in response to electric lights and sounds.
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