Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) was an American space mission, launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mercury spacecraft No. 5 carried Ham the chimp on a suborbital flight, landing in the Atlantic Ocean 16 minutes, 39 seconds after launch.
The spacecraft was flown to and lowered to the deck of the USS Donnar When the spacecraft was opened Ham appeared to be in good condition and readily accepted an apple and half an orange.
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