HAM, A Space Pioneer

Abstract

In the race with Russia to put the first man in orbit around Earth, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) trained several chimpanzees to participate in flight simulations. One such chimpanzee was named HAM. who became the first chimpanzee to be launched into space. His name is an acronym for the laboratory that trained him for his historic mission, the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, located at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1069012

Entities

People

  • Andrea Schierkolk

Organizations

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Anatomy
  • Animals
  • Apes
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Chimpanzees
  • Department Of Defense
  • Flight
  • Governments
  • Military Medicine
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites