Ham (1956 – 1983), also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, is the first Primate launched into space, on 31 January 1961, as part of America's space program. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab which prepared him for his historic mission — the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, located at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Here are stamps and sheets show Ham, issued by the Comoro Islands 1992 and Liberia 2001:
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