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Ham the Astrochimp

by This used to be my hobby, Space Travell, Astronomy

These photos have all been scanned on a public scanner, if you see dust, spots, scratches, etc. They were on the glass plate of the scanner itself, therefore you will find similar marks on other photos as well.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Redstone_2

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Closeup view of Mercury 5 showing Ham. G-60-2615 (1961)

Enos the Chimpanzee that orbited the Earth twice in a Mercury spacecraft arrives back at Patric Airforce base. S64-4394 (1961)

Ham back from space. S-62-20807 (1961)

Ham being assited into his space suit. S-61-20800 (1961)

Ham being removed from its Mercury psacecraft S-61-199 (1961)

Ham fitted into his suit of the MR-2 capsule F5. S-623-20801 (1961)

Ham goes trought preflight training S63-20805 (1961)

Ham with bio-sensor attached to his body S61-203 (1961)

Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 jan 31, 1961 with Chimpanzee Ham.