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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Ham the Chimp
		Ham, also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp was the first higher primate launched into outer space by the United States.
		Ham's performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on earth, demonstrating that tasks could be done in space.
		Ham the Chimp is buried at the Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ha/Ham_the_Chimp (251 words)

	Ham the Chimp - Biocrawler
		During the flight Ham had to push a lever within five seconds of seeing a flashing blue light; as per pre-flight training, failure would result in an electric shock to the soles of his feet.
		Ham's performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on Earth, demonstrating that tasks could be performed in space.
		Ham the Chimp is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Ham_the_Chimp (329 words)

	Ham, astrochimp. Roadside Pet Cemetery
		Ham was the world's first AstroChimp, and the first free creature in outer space.
		So in 1981 Ham was moved to a zoo in North Carolina.
		Ham's body was shipped west, and is buried in the front lawn of the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, NM, under the first slab of natural-tone concrete poured in Otero County.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /pet/ham.html (287 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Chimpanzee
		People also hunt chimps for food (bushmeat) or to protect their crops from being eaten by hungry chimps.
		Chimps use body language, facial expressions, hand-clapping, grooming, and kissing to communicate within their community.
		Young chimps get milk from their mothers until they are about three years old.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-chimpanzee.html (797 words)

	Ham, Space Chimp - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum
		On January 31, 1961, Ham, whose name was an acronym for H olloman A ero M ed, became the first chimpanzee in space, aboard the Mercury Redstone rocket on a sub-orbital flight very similar to Alan Shepard's.
		Ham was brought from the French Camaroons, West Africa, where he was born July 1957, to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico in 1959.
		Upon his death on January 17, 1983, Ham's body was preserved and loaned by the Smithsonian Institution to the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
	www.bautforum.com /general-science/55530-ham-space-chimp.html (424 words)

	ipedia.com: Ham the Chimp Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ham's performance in space was only a fraction of a second slower than on Earth, demonstrating that tasks could be performed in space.
		Ham appeared repeatedly on television, and even on film with Evel Knievel.
		Ham the Chimp is buried at the Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
	www.ipedia.com /ham_the_chimp.html (373 words)

	Primates in Space
		Ham was captured from the African jungles to be used for lab research.
		After seeing which chimps were fit to train and examining the group for the most intelegent chimpanzee, they had to pick which chimp that was going up space.
		Ham was put in a space capsule with little metal straps with wires hooked to it gave him a mild shock every time he did something too slow.
	library.thinkquest.org /03oct/00179/s_chimps.html (477 words)

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		Ham was taught to engage a specific lever in accordance with a specific light and to do so within 15 seconds.
		About 48 hours prior to launch, Ham was selected as the chimp for the mission and on January 31, 1962, he was fitted into a hermetically sealed couch, placed in the Mercury capsule, and loaded atop a Redstone rocket.
		Ham was given a physical examination and was pronounced fatigued but medically sound.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Fall01/davy/ham.html (458 words)

	Cynical-C Blog - » Ham the Chimp
		I remember seeing Ham “in person” at the National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. when I was a kid.
		He was pretty much like any other chimp there, except for the sign describing his ballistic sojourn in some detail.
		And the only pay Ham got for his flight was a freakin’ apple.
	www.cynical-c.com /?p=4793 (411 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 31 \| 1961: Chimp returns safely after space flight
		Ham was safe in his spacesuit throughout, and suffered no ill effects from his venture into space.
		Ham, however, took it all in his stride and when the spacecraft was opened accepted an apple and half an orange in reward.
		Ham the chimpanzee went to the National Zoo in Washington DC after his brief career as an astronaut, where he lived for 17 years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_4693000/4693174.stm (611 words)

	Global Spiral :: Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Consider, for example, Ham the chimpanzee who was the first primate to be launched into a suborbital flight from Cape Canaveral on 31 January 1961.
		Ham was more fortunate than some other creatures that had been sent for such experimental purposes.
		Other chimps: Able, Baker, Sam, Enos, Lapik, Muktik, etc. have also been sent on such missions, and we may be grateful for the knowledge and confidence they brought to human astronauts, for they were made to risk their lives before we would venture our own.
	www.metanexus.net /metanexus_online/show_article2.asp?id=5383 (1457 words)

	savethechimps.org
		Save the Chimps, headquartered in Boynton Beach, is selling Christmas cards this month to support efforts to build a sanctuary in St. Lucie County.
		The organization is completing its first building on the site and expects 21 chimps to be delivered by the end of January.
		The chimps are coming from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico and have been used for a variety of NASA's scientific tests.
	www.savethechimps.org /news/article_christmas_cards.asp (250 words)

	BeaucoupKevin(dot)com. BlogMachineGo.
		On January 31, 1961, Ham the chimp was launched in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket.
		Ham was named in honor of Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, New Mexico, where the chimpanzees training for spaceflight lived and also in honor of Holloman commander Lt. Col.
		Ham's flight was made to demonstrate the ability to perform tasks during spaceflight.
	www.beaucoupkevin.com /2006/01/on-january-31-1961-ham-chimp-was.html (466 words)

	HamRecovery
		Examination conducted on board the Donner revealed that the capsule was intact, and the chimpanzee was alive and squealing
		After a physical examination aboard the Donner, the wrinkle-faced chimpanzee was flown by helicopter to a hospital ship at Grand Bahamas Island for further checks, and then to the test center at cape Canaveral.
		Chimpanzee HAM lived to be 27 years old. After a stay in the Washington National Zoo, HAM died on January 19, 1983 at the North Carolina Zoological Park, Ashboro, NC.
	www.homestead.com /USSDONNERLSD20/files/HamRecovery/HamRecovery.html (354 words)

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		The chimps were shipped to Holloman Air Force Base and then began hundreds of hours of training on the control panels they would use during sub-orbital or orbital flights.
		Ham's mission set the stage for Alan Shepard's triumphant sub orbital flight on June 16, 1961 and propelled the United States a step closer in the quest for manned orbital flight.
		One hundred and eleven chimps were not "retired" but given to a biomedical research facility to be used for experimental testing.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/fall01/davy (418 words)

	Ecology.com - Captive Chimpanzees Find Sanctuary
		The remaining 30 chimps were sent to Primarily Primates in San Antonio, TX, which is a sanctuary for chimpanzees and other "domesticated" wildlife unable to be returned to the wild.
		When they appear to be smiling, such as Ham appeared to be doing when he returned to Earth from him space flight on January 21, 1961, they are most likely frightened.
		When they grin the way Ham was grinning as he sat in his space capsule, they are truly frightened." The Air Force interpreted Ham's smile as an extreme state of happiness and thus labeled the test flight a total success.
	www.ecology.com /ecology-today/captive-chimpanzees-sanctuary/index.html (698 words)

	Alamogordo, New Mexico
		Ham was the world's first astrochimp, trumpeted by the United States as "the first free creature in outer space".
		The USA's first human to orbit the earth, John Glenn, was rewarded with a seat in the United States Senate; Ham's reward was an apple.
		After Ham died in 1983 at age 27, his body was shipped west and was buried in the front lawn of the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, under the first slab of natural-tone concrete poured in Otero County.
	www.creekin.net /c7746-n236-alamogordo-new-mexico.html (689 words)

	Release & Restitution for Chimpanzees in U.S. Laboratories » Sitemap
		Necropsy reveals OSU chimp died of heart failure
		Second OSU chimp dies in Texas on April 20
		Chimp dies during transfer from Ohio State University
	www.releasechimps.org /sitemap (770 words)

	Scotto's Wall Scrawls - 8157 - Space Monkeys, I salute you.
		Ham the Chimp was the first higher primate launched into outer space by the United States.
		Ham the Chimp is buried at the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
		Thanks to Beaucoupkevin for the reminder that January 31 was the 45th anniversary of Ham's Flight.
	scottobear.livejournal.com /2104590.html (775 words)

	Paying homage to Ham's humanity - Arts - www.theage.com.au
		The four bronze busts of Ham began in the studio, too, where Roet applied layers of clay to metal armature detailing Ham's facial expressions, based on photographs in the magazine.
		It has an association with monumental buildings in which prominent historical characters are revered, and also because it lent itself to the manipulated comic images of scientists and apes she had chosen to give Ham's life "a comic, surreal and ludicrous element".
		Roet's range of intellectual, emotional and humorous responses to the simian-human interface is thorough, a legacy of the years she has spent working and researching the area.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/08/27/1093518077603.html (925 words)

	Bed Time For Space Chimps - CBS News
		They are among 111 chimps that the Air Force turned over to the Coulston Foundation lab last year over the protests of animal rights groups.
		The 111 chimps are descendants or companions of Ham, the first chimpanzee to fly in space, and of Enos, the first chimp to orbit the Earth.
		None of the chimps bound for Florida is infected with the AIDS virus or hepatitis.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1999/10/29/breeds/printable47708.shtml (483 words)

	Top ten animal geeks - Crave at CNET.co.uk
		Ham splashed down in the ocean and went on to live until the grand old age of 27.
		I can't imagine that anyone who researched Ham the chimp wouldn't know about Laika, and so this has to be a case of someone choosing to deliberately ignore history.
		I never heard of this chimp before, but I have heard about Layka since I was a child - and no, I was not born and raised in the USSR but in Western Europe.
	crave.cnet.co.uk /0,39029477,49286226,00.htm (1755 words)

	Save the Chimps
		Save the Chimps is the first sanctuary in the US devoted to chimpanzees—and a fitting caretaker of the chimps formerly imprisoned by the Coulston Foundation.
		Some of these involuntary soldiers were descendants of Ham, the first chimp in space, and Enos, the first chimp to orbit the Earth; others were survivors of space shuttle and jet plane research.
		Save the Chimps tried to retire the chimps to their sanctuary, but the Air Force instead gave them all to the Coulston Foundation—a research facility that was under USDA scrutiny for mistreatment of animals at the time.
	www.apnm.org /campaigns/chimps/cccc.php (312 words)

	West Ham United
		It was a respectful touch though from the club as he was an influence and role model to many West Ham fans…Herts, Batters, Exile….RIP in Luciano.
		Tuncay had further chances and Green continued to be the rock that Curbs West Ham is founded upon and with Neill Upson and Collins performing more like Northern Rock it was a necessary performance from Greeno.
		All that was left was for Cole to sweep horribly wide from 10 yards out, if it had gone in it would not only have flattered the team performance but also his own personal one.
	www.westhamunitedmatchreports.co.uk (3055 words)

	Ham the Chimp Biography (Astronaut) — FactMonster.com
		Ham was one of the chimps specially trained by rocket scientists to fly in tests of American space capsules.
		On January 31, 1961, Ham blasted off from Cape Canaveral and travelled 157 miles in a Mercury capsule before splashing down in the Atlantic ocean.
		More on Ham the Chimp from Fact Monster:
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/hamthechimp.html (148 words)

	\| t h e c h u r c h g a l l e r y \| lisa roet exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lisa’s exhibition will include her highly-acclaimed large-format drawings of primates’ hands, a major new series of life-size bronze castings, depicting primates in the act of speaking, and recent works in stained glass that will sit beautifully within the Church Gallery’s ecclesiastical architecture.
		These works are inspired by the true story of HAM, a chimpanzee sent into space by NASA in 1961.
		Ham was captured in the forests of central Africa and taken to NASA where he was trained for his journey.
	www.churchgallery.com.au /5exhibit_roet.html (433 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: Trailblazer In Space
		Bit of a heartbreaking newsreel story as we follow Ham, chimpanzee extraordinaire, as he is prepared to be the first animal in space.
		Of course, this being the early 60's, they have to rather uncomfortably harness Ham in to his shell, which locked up the legs, locked the neck in, among other things.
		This is the story of Ham and two other chimps who took some of the early Mercury Redstone rides to pave the way for human space exploration.
	www.archive.org /details/TrailblazerI (166 words)

	American Chronicle: DIEBOLD IN THE MONKEY HOUSE
		In 1961 Ham The Chimp -- stimulated by colored light cues, sound prompts, and electric shocks to his lower extremities -- masterminded dozens of perfectly timed lever pulls as he rocketed into space, proving that Intelligent Design is a process of Evolution.
		Baxter's deft manipulations were staged for the camera as a wry rebuttal to the position held by Diebold, that "no human could alter the results" tallied by their voting machines.
		We've become a nation of Hams in space — pulling electoral levers connected neither to our flight path ballots or their splashdown tallies, because the mission has already been pre-accomplished.
	www.americanchronicle.com /articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=16026 (658 words)

	Space Today Online -- Man In Space Firsts -- table of contents
		Ham, a chimp, made a suborbital flight in 1961 in a Mercury capsule.
		The chimp Enos flew for two orbits of Earth in a Mercury capsule in November 1961.
		The U.S. launched a monkey in Biosatellite 3 in June 1969 for a month in orbit, but the passenger was brought down ill from loss of body fluids after only nine days.
	www.spacetoday.org /History/ManInSpaceFirsts/SpaceMenagerie.html (300 words)

	Destination Mars
		This is the first of five Russian attempts to launch a Mars probe between 1960 and 1962 - all unsuccessful.
		Ham, a chimp, is launched into space on Mercury Redstone 2.
		But Ham's trip is overshadowed by the Soviet launch of the first ever manned vehicle, Vostok 1, on April 12.
	www.channel4.com /science/microsites/M/mars/explorenoflash.html (904 words)

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