January 31, 1961 : Ham the Chimp, a 17 kg male, was rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury capsule. His successful 16½-minute flight demonstrated to American NASA officials that the capsule could safely carry human astronauts into space Read more
This April, Oni Press will join the space race by releasing the all new original graphic novel FIRST IN SPACE by talented newcomer James Vining, winner of a 2006 Xeric Award. Set in the early 1960s and extensively researched, FIRST IN SPACE tells the true adventures of Ham, America’s first chimpanzee launched into space by NASA.