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1h 33min, jan 31, 1961 y - USA Launches the Mercury Redstone-mission 2

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The US launches a chimpanzee named "Ham" into orbit aboard the flight Mercury Redstone-mission 2. This flight fell under the US's Project Mercury. Ham proved that tasks could be performed in space by flipping a lever while in space, and was recovered and lived a very long time afterwards.

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The Space Race Part I

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1h 33min, jan 31, 1961 y
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~ 64 years ago
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