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Collection:
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Collection
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Collection
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Name of Image:
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Ham in Spacesuit
Name_of_Image
Ham in Spacesuit
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Ham, a three-year-old chimpanzee, in the spacesuit he would wear for the second Mercury- Redstone (MR-2) suborbital test flight in January, 1961. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury capsule before launching the fisrt American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in May 1961. The Mercury capsule rode atop a modified Redstone rocket, developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German Rocket Team in Huntsville, Alabama.
Full_Description
Ham, a three-year-old chimpanzee, in the spacesuit he would wear for the second Mercury- Redstone (MR-2) suborbital test flight in January, 1961. NASA used chimpanzees and other primates to test the Mercury capsule before launching the fisrt American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in May 1961. The Mercury capsule rode atop a modified Redstone rocket, developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German Rocket Team in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Date of Image:
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1961-01-01
Date_of_Image
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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term:
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Chimpanzee
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facet_who:
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Dr. Wernher von Braun
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Dr. Wernher von Braun
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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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Mercury
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Mercury
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Alabama
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Alabama
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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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facet_when:
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May 1961
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May 1961
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facet_when:
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January, 1961
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January, 1961
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facet_when_year:
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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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9801835
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NIX #:
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MSFC-9801835
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MSFC Negative Number:
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9801835
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9801835
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-9801835
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SPD-MARSH-9801835
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