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🚀🐒 This little chimp changed history! Ham became the first chimpanzee in space on 31 Jan 1961, bravely testing NASA's capsule so humans could follow. His flawless mission cleared the path for Alan Shepard. What a legend! 👉 Share with a history buff #HamTheChimp #SpacePioneer
🚀🐒 This little chimp changed history! Ham became the first chimpanzee in space on 31 Jan 1961, bravely testing NASA's capsule so humans could follow. His flawless mission cleared the path for Alan Shepard. What a legend! 👉 Share with a history buff #HamTheChimp #SpacePioneer
#OTD #TDIH #January31, 1958: #HamTheChimp ( #HamTheAstrochimp ) becomes #1stHominid to enter #space, #RocketLaunch -ed in #MercurySpacecraft No. 5 atop a #MercuryRedstone launch Vehicle ( into a suborbital flight. #HamTheChimpanzee #SpaceSky
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On this day in 1961, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into space. #OTD #SpaceHistory #HamTheChimp
