As a young chimp, trappers captured him and later sold him to a zoo in Miami, Florida. The United States Air Force then purchased Ham and sent him to live at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? (02:31 ...
Shortly after his return, NASA officially changed the chimp’s name from Number 65 to “Ham,” an acronym for Holloman Aerospace Medical Center. Despite all the technical issues, NASA ...
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