#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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