Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Title:
Recovery of Mercury spacecraft and chimpanzee Ham after MR-2 flight
Description:
Recovery personnel aboard the U.S.S. Donner remove Ham, a 37 pound chimpanzee, from a Mercury spacecraft following the successful Mercury-Redstone 2 suborbital flight from Cape Canveral, Florida.
Date Taken:
1961-01-31
Program:
Mercury
Mission:
Mercury Unmanned Overview
Subject Terms:
MERCURY
Subject Terms:
FLIGHT
Subject Terms:
PERSONNEL
Subject Terms:
SHIPS
Subject Terms:
SPACECRAFT
Subject Terms:
RECOVERY
Subject Terms:
FLORIDA
Subject Terms:
MONKEYS
Subject Terms:
ANIMALS
Subject Terms:
MR-2
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
S61-00199
Film Type:
4x5 BW
UID:
SPD-JSC-S61-00199
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Recovery of Mercury spacecraft and chimpanzee Ham after MR-2 flight