(TNS) — A pioneering chimpanzee went into space for NASA — then retired to North Carolina 44 years ago. Ham the “Astrochimp”made history when he became the first member of his species to be launched ...

The original Mercury space capsule had no window, a hatch with 70 bolts that had to be removed from outside, and zilch for the astronaut to do except endure g-forces, hope nothing went wrong, and ...

’Space Chimps’ characters from left: Comet, Luna, Ham III, Titan and Houston. If you’re old enough to read this review, you aren’t the target audience for “Space Chimps,” a movie about chimpanzees ...

In early 1961, Ham the chimpanzee underwent more than 200 hours of training — pressing levers in response to flashing lights for rewards, being tested under g-forces, and staged in mock capsules — all ...

At the Aeromedical Field Laboratory, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, about 20 chimponauts have almost finished their training this week for the fur-raising duty of pioneering in space psychology.

Enos was the first chimp to be launched into orbit, but he got beat in a race to the big screen. The animated film “Space Chimps” recently made its debut on about 2,600 screens across the country.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which orbited ...