A 1.5-pound squirrel monkey named Goliath was launched into space in 1961; 35 seconds later, his Atlas E rocket was destroyed

In an unfortunate chapter of space exploration, a squirrel monkey named Goliath found himself amidst America's fierce space ...
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Incredible story of 'Ham the Chip' who became first ape launched into space

Before humans ever ventured into space, a chimpanzee helped blaze the trail - and lived to tell the tale. While the Artemis II mission made headlines on April 10 as its astronauts triumphantly ...
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Incredible story of 'Ham the Chip' who became first ape launched into space

Ham the Chimp in the biopack couch for the MR-2 suborbital test flight. On January 31, 1961, a Mercury-Redstone launch from Cape Canaveral carried the chimpanzee more than 640 kilometers down range in ...