![Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 rocket](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/s61-01942/s61-01942~large.jpg?w=1490&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
Launch of Mercury-Redstone vehicle 2 on Jan. 21, 1961
S61-01942 (31 Jan. 1961) --- Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) vehicle on Jan. 31, 1961. The 16-minute suborbital flight carried biomedical test subject chimpanzee (Ham) aboard. Photo credit: NASA
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TakenAugust 10, 1961
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