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Summary
Launch of Mercury-Redstone 2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ham_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001007.jpg
 * Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) launch with chimpanzee Ham aboard. Monkeys had been flown into space before, but Ham was the first higher primate to test a spacecraft.