Image: Ham Launch - GPN-2000-001007 (cropped)
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Description: Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) launch with chimpanzee Ham aboard. Monkeys had been flown into space before, but Ham was the first higher primate to test a spacecraft.
Title: Ham Launch - GPN-2000-001007 (cropped)
Credit: Great Images in NASA Description
Author: NASA
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