#OTD #TDIH #January31, 1958: #HamTheChimp ( #HamTheAstrochimp ) becomes #1stHominid to enter #space, #RocketLaunch -ed in #MercurySpacecraft No. 5 atop a #MercuryRedstone launch Vehicle ( into a suborbital flight. #HamTheChimpanzee #SpaceSky
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🚀🐒 Meet Ham the Astrochimp: The brave chimp who made history as the first to go to space, paving the way for human spaceflight!👨🚀 His mission? Out of this world! #HamTheAstrochimp #SpaceExplorer #FirstInSpace #ChimpHeroes #OutOfThisWorld
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