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Ham (July 1957 – January 19, 1983), a chimpanzee also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first great ape launched into space. On January

Look up HAM, Ham, ham, or hams in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ham is a cut of meat from an edible mammal's rear, usually from a pig. Ham or HAM may also

procedures. Chimpanzees Ham and Enos also flew in the Mercury program, with Ham becoming the first great ape or Hominidae in space. The names "Sam" and "Ham" were

commonly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, this species was often called the common chimpanzee or the robust chimpanzee. The chimpanzee and the bonobo are the

adaptation Minnie (chimpanzee) (died 1998), the only female chimpanzee in the US Mercury space program, backup to Ham (chimpanzee) "Minnie the Moocher"

about 1957 – died November 4, 1962) was a chimpanzee launched into space by NASA, following his predecessor Ham. He was the only non-human primate to orbit

first crewed American space mission in Project Mercury. Carrying a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight, Mercury spacecraft Number 5 was launched

Soviet Union January 31, 1961 Hominidae in space Mercury-Redstone 2 Ham (chimpanzee) United States April 12, 1961 Human in space Vostok 1 Yuri Gagarin

Goodall and Gary Larson Gua—chimpanzee; raised as a child by the Drs. Kellogg alongside their son Donald Ham (1956–1983)—chimpanzee; the first great ape to

(born 1958) 1982 – Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (born 1945) 1983 – Ham, chimpanzee and animal astronaut, first hominid in space (born 1957) 1984 – Max