Happy 50th Anniversary, Ham the Chimp! - Bilge

M mrsmiley Tiki Socialite Las Vegas, NV Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 3197	M mrsmiley Posted posted on Mon, Jan 31, 2011 8:40 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_Chimp Born: 1956 • Birthplace: Africa • Died: 19 January 1983 • Best Known As: America's first chimpanzee in space Ham was one of the chimps specially trained by rocket scientists to fly in tests of American space capsules. On January 31, 1961, ...Ham blasted off from Cape Canaveral and traveled 157 miles in a Mercury capsule before splashing down in the Atlantic ocean. Three months later the first American human, Alan Shepard, followed him into space. Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/ham-the-chimp#ixzz1CayzABWo

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Born: 1956
• Birthplace: Africa
• Died: 19 January 1983
• Best Known As: America's first chimpanzee in space
Ham was one of the chimps specially trained by rocket scientists to fly in tests of American space capsules. On January 31, 1961, ...Ham blasted off from Cape Canaveral and traveled 157 miles in a Mercury capsule before splashing down in the Atlantic ocean. Three months later the first American human, Alan Shepard, followed him into space.