On January 31, 1961, Ham was secured in a specially designed capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket at Cape Canaveral, ...

On January 31, 1961, Ham was secured in a specially designed capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket ignited as the countdown reached zero, sending Ham ...

Number 65 was chosen for the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission in large part due to his calm temperament and ability to press the right lever when experiencing stress. On January 31, 1961, Number 65 was ...

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She was launched aboard the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 in 1957. Unfortunately, Laika did not survive the mission, but her sacrifice paved the way for human space travel. The United States sent Ham, a ...

On 31 January 1961, Ham was then launched into space aboard the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission. Ham was one of the 'astrochimps' used to explore space travel (HUM Images/Universal Images Group via ...

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Shining then at a magnitude of -0.2 (just a trifle brighter than the similarly hued star Arcturus), Mercury should be readily visible, appearing low in the western sky and setting more than 1.5 ...

Laika, the first living dog in orbit aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957, perished but contributed essential data for future space missions.