Mercury-Redstone 2
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Mercury-Redstone 2 was a 1961 NASA suborbital test flight of the Mercury program that carried the chimpanzee Ham to space to evaluate spacecraft systems and life-support ahead of human missions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercury program mission
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spaceflight ⓘ suborbital spaceflight ⓘ test flight ⓘ |
| animalAstronaut | Ham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apogee |
approximately 157 miles
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approximately 253 kilometers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | Ham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| crewType | non-human primate ⓘ |
| flightDuration | approximately 16 minutes 39 seconds ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Mercury-Redstone 3
NERFINISHED
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Mercury-Redstone BD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingSite | Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1961-01-31 ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 1,300 kilograms (spacecraft) ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral
NERFINISHED
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Mercury-Redstone launch vehicle
NERFINISHED
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Redstone rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | about 16.5 minutes ⓘ |
| missionType |
biomedical test flight
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suborbital test flight ⓘ |
| notableFor |
carrying the chimpanzee Ham into space
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first American primate launched on a Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mercury-Redstone 1A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
evaluate life-support systems for human spaceflight
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study effects of spaceflight on a primate ⓘ test Mercury spacecraft systems ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryBy | USS Donner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryMethod | ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| relatedAstronaut | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedHumanMission | Mercury-Redstone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
provided data for subsequent manned Mercury flights
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successful validation of Mercury life-support systems ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suborbitalRange |
approximately 422 miles
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approximately 679 kilometers ⓘ |
| testSubject | chimpanzee ⓘ |
| testSubjectName | Ham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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