NASA HISTORY: 'Ham the Astro Chimp' Launched into Space From

Ham the Astrochimp was launched from Brevard County for an 18-minute flight aboard a Mercury capsule that reached an altitude of 150 miles from Cape Canaveral on January 31, 1961.

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