Ham

Ham reached an altitude of 157 statute miles during the flight which lasted 16 minutes and 39 seconds. Due to a number of problems, Ham travelled higher, faster, and was subjected to greater g-forces than intended.

Ham flew aboard MR-2 in January of 1961.

During the flight, Ham operated levers as he was trained to do and experienced weightlessness for about six and a half minutes.

Ham was 3 years and 8 months old when he flew into space. After the flight, he lived at the National Zoo for 17 years before being moved to the North Carolina Zoological Park. Ham died on January 19, 1983, and is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

References:

• "Akavish" - the Spider Rocket (Article)
• Is APCP an Explosive? (Article)
• You Shouldn't Be a Rocketeer If ... (Article)
• Alan Shepard (Miscellaneous)
• Apollo 15 (Miscellaneous)
• MR-2 (Miscellaneous)
• Eastern Test Range (Miscellaneous)
• Apollo 7 (Miscellaneous)
• Nozzle (Miscellaneous)
• Alan Shepard Jr. (Miscellaneous)
• The All-American Boys (Miscellaneous)
• Walter Cunningham (Miscellaneous)
• Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (Miscellaneous)
• First on the Moon (Miscellaneous)
• Bob Crippen (Miscellaneous)
• Combustion Chamber (Miscellaneous)
• Apollo VII (Miscellaneous)
• Walt Cunningham (Miscellaneous)
• Irv Wait (Miscellaneous)
• Damon Corporation (Miscellaneous)
• Toy Biz, Inc. (Miscellaneous)
• Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched aboard a Mercury capsule on January 31, 1961.
• CIAM chose Vrsac, Yugoslavia, as the site for the first World Championships in Model Rocketry to be held in 1970 on November 23, 1968.
• Ham flew aboard MR-2 in January of 1961. (Picture)