WORLD'S FIRST ASTROCHIMP
HAM

BORN: 1955 CAMEROONS, EQUATORIAL AFRICA
DIED: 18 JAN 1983 NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL PARK, N.C.
HAM WAS TRAINED AT HOLLOMAN AFB, AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY.
HIS NAME IS AN ACRONYM FOR HOLLOMAN AERO MED.
HAM'S TRAINING CULMINATED ON JAN. 3, 1961, BY RIDING IN A CAPSULE PERCHED
ATOP AN 83-FOOT REDSTONE ROCKET LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA,
REACHING A TOP SPEED OF 5,800 MPH AND AN ALTITUDE OF 155 MILES. HE WAS
RECOVERED AT SEA 420 MILES DOWN RANGE FROM THE LAUNCH SITE.
HAM PROVED THAT MANKIND COULD LIVE AND WORK IN SPACE.

DEDICATED
MARCH 28
1983