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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
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Name of Image:
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A Chimpanzee, "Ham," in the Biopack Couch for the MR-2 Flight
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A Chimpanzee, "Ham," in the Biopack Couch for the MR-2 Flight
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A three-year-old chimpanzee, named Ham, in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight. On January 31, 1961, a Mercury-Redstone launch from Cape Canaveral carried the chimpanzee "Ham" over 640 kilometers down range in an arching trajectory that reached a peak of 254 kilometers above the Earth. The mission was successful and Ham performed his lever-pulling task well in response to the flashing light. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury Capsule before launching the first American astronaut Alan Shepard in May 1961. The successful flight and recovery confirmed the soundness of the Mercury-Redstone systems.
Full_Description
A three-year-old chimpanzee, named Ham, in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight. On January 31, 1961, a Mercury-Redstone launch from Cape Canaveral carried the chimpanzee "Ham" over 640 kilometers down range in an arching trajectory that reached a peak of 254 kilometers above the Earth. The mission was successful and Ham performed his lever-pulling task well in response to the flashing light. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury Capsule before launching the first American astronaut Alan Shepard in May 1961. The successful flight and recovery confirmed the soundness of the Mercury-Redstone systems.
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Date of Image:
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1961-01-01
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1961-01-01
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Category:
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Mercury Project
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Mercury Project
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term:
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Mercury-Redstone
Keywords
Mercury-Redstone
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Chimpanzee
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Ham
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MR-2
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facet_who:
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Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
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Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
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facet_what:
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Earth
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Earth
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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January 31, 1961
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January 31, 1961
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May 1961
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May 1961
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1961
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1961
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MIX #:
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6100114
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NIX #:
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MSFC-6100114
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MSFC Negative Number:
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6100114
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6100114
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-6100114
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SPD-MARSH-6100114
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