Film

Ham: A Chimp into Space

Director

Jérôme-Cécil Auffret

Year

2007

He was born in the jungles of Africa He trained for two years on a secret air force base He proved to be among the best He flew into space and came back alive His name was Ham astrochimp no 65 On January 31 1961 Ham flew a Mercury Redstone rocket and became a national hero