the life and death of the first space chimp
- Written by Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
NASAOn January 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive. In this process, he became the first hominin in space.
In the 1950s, it was unclear whether humans could survive outside Earth – both physically and mentally. The science fiction writer and...





