Yes Ham survived the trip. Watch on Youtube:The Story Of Ham: 1st Chimp In Space
31 January 1961
Because he went to space in a rocket and was returned alive.
Ham the chimp or Ham the astro-chimp. His name was an acronym for the lab that sent him on the mission. "the holloman aerospace medical centre"
He died of a heart attack at the young age of 26. For more on Ham's life and influence on manned space missions, see the chapter "Out of Africa" in Prof. Roger Fouts' book Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees (1997).
Lakia the Russian Dog, Ham the Chimp and Albert the Rhesus Monkey.
Ham, the chimp that helped pioneer the U.S. space program, resided at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, N.C. from September 1980 until in death in January 1983. Rod Hackney Public Relations Mgr. North Carolina Zoo
Search for Ham the Chimp, visit his Wikipedia, and you'll see a picture of his famous handshake. Even better watch Natural World Space Chimp on bbc i player before it is removed. Extremely fascinating and moving. If you watch the film One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps (www.spacechimps.com), Dr. Jane Goodall states that many of the photos of Ham showing him grinning are actually some of the worst expressions of fear she has ever seen in a chimpanzee.
A female dog by the name of: Laika in November 1957 And a chimp by the name of: Ham in January 1961
Ham (1957 - January 19, 1983), also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was a chimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space, on January 31, 1961, as part of America's space program. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab that prepared him for his historic mission - the Holloman Aerospace ...
Ham Mukasa died in 1956.
Ham TaeYoung died in 1964.