Accession Number:

AD1069012

Title:

HAM, A Space Pioneer

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article - Open Access

Corporate Author:

National Museum of Health and Medicine, USAMRMC Silver Spring United States

Personal Author(s):

• Schierkolk,Andrea

Report Date:

2015-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

2.0

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.

Descriptors:

• chimpanzees
• flight simulations
• ASTRONAUTICS
• AEROSPACE MEDICINE

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Astronautics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE