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Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2)
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:55:00
Tuesday January 31, 1961
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Mission Details
Mercury-Redstone 2
Mercury spacecraft No. 5 carried a chimpanzee named Ham on a suborbital flight, landing in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes and 39 seconds after launch.
Suborbital
1 Payload
Rocket
Launch Site
Stats
Mercury-Redstone
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1961