Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee by the name of Ham blasted off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket and became the first hominid to go ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The New Mexico Museum of Space History will celebrate Astro-Chim HAM and his contributions to America’s space history Saturday, ...
On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee by the name of Ham blasted off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket and became the first hominid to go to space. Ham reached an altitude of 157 miles during a 16 and a ...