Wednesday, June 26, 2013

collectivehistory: Ham the chimpanzee photographed in his space...





collectivehistory:



Ham the chimpanzee photographed in his space suit which was fitted into the nose cone of the Mercury Redstone rocket


Ham became the first chimpanzee in space on 31 January 1961. He reached an altitude of 157 miles and speed of 5857 mph, during which he was weightless for 6.6 minutes. Ham was apparently only slightly fatigued and dehydrated after his ordeal


Photograph: AP



Just chillin’.


That Ham… what a ham.




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