(9 Feb 1961) Meet "Ham", the Chimp who made history. His epic journey began at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Months of training had prepared him, not only to feel at ease in his space capsule, but also to operate a series of buttons to control his own comfort and to relay information back to base. A Redstone rocket was used to carry him out of the earth's atmosphere, but the boosters carried the rocket further than they should, and it took Ham 1,000 miles an hour faster than anticipated, and 30 miles beyond the scheduled landing zone. Consequently, he was in the Atlantic longer than expected. Rescue vessels rushed to the scene, while a helicopter retrieved Ham's capsule. The astro-chimp seemed none the worse - except for a bruise on his nose!
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