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0582891 - Crewmen aboard the USS Donner lift the cover from the couch and "Ham", the space chimp, gets his first breath of fresh air and a look at the activity around him after being picked out of the sea after his 420 mile ride through space. The animal rode in a mercury capsule atop a Redstone rocket fired yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. USA - 1st February 1961
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![Crewmen aboard the USS Donner lift the cover from the couch and "Ham", the space chimp, gets his first breath of fresh air and a look at the activity around him after being picked out of the sea after his 420 mile ride through space. The animal rode in a mercury capsule atop a Redstone rocket fired yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. USA - 1st February 1961](../images/prevs/0582891.jpg "Crewmen aboard the USS Donner lift the cover from the couch and "Ham\", the space chimp, gets his first breath of fresh air and a look at the activity around him after being picked out of the sea after his 420 mile ride through space. The animal rode in a mercury capsule atop a Redstone rocket fired yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. USA - 1st February 1961")