Jan 31 1961
From The Space Library
USAF Samos II, a 4,100-pound test satellite containing photographic equipment, placed in orbit by Atlas-Agena A from Point Arguello, Calif.
Mercury-Redstone (MR-2) flight from Atlantic Missile Range shot Mercury capsule containing chimpanzee named Ham to 157 miles altitude and 418 miles down range. Capsule with life-support equipment functioned well but flight was 42 miles higher and 125 miles farther than programed. Ham was recovered in good health.
An eight-engine static test firing of the Saturn test booster (SA–T1) for 113 seconds was completed at Marshall Space Flight Center.
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