On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee by the name of Ham blasted off on a Mercury-Redstone rocket and became the first hominid to ...

Ham the chimpanzee became the first chimpanzee in space. He successfully performed tasks in microgravity and proved that ...

When Ham set off on his space flight in 1961, he paved the way for the first American to go to space months later.

📅 Today in History: In 1961, NASA launched the Mercury-Redstone 2 spacecraft with a 3-year-old chimpanzee named Ham secured in a seat for the flight, which lasted over 16 minutes and traveled at a ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Addison Leroy Bain, 89, passed away in Melbourne, Florida, on January 22, 2025. It was determined that another scientist was needed in the universe to study the galaxy and ...

WASHINGTON — Alabama lawmakers are confident U.S. Space Command Headquarters is coming to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville now that President Donald Trump is in the White House.

Right now, Mercury is in Aquarius. Mercury ends its transit on February 14, 2025 After 17 days of transit in Aquarius, Mercury will enter the zodiac sign Pisces on February 14, 2025. Discover how the ...

You will see a more responsible and mature Mercury this time during its transit in Capricorn. Mercury is a jolly good planet that brings about intelligence, smartness, mathematical abilities, business ...

The resolutions note that Peterson AFB finished fifth in the base rankings. “The headquarters of U.S. Space Command belongs on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, and our resolution recognizes ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) -Redstone Arsenal is already on track to break a record number of gun violations on the post in 2025. Since the start of the fiscal year on October 1, 29 guns were found ...

Of course, the most notorious of all the planetary backspins involves Mercury — the cosmic ruler of communication, timing, tech devices, and other logistical matters that can heavily impact ...

Griner has been a free agent before but always re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury since she was first ... Golden State Valkyries have the most cap space to sign free agents. The Sun could lose ...