Lot # 54 - 8 NASA Photos of Chimpanzee "Ham" - Mercury-Redstone Orbit Fame

Opening Bid : $ 5.00
Pickup Instructions:
Start Date/Time: 22-Jul-2024 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 29-Jul-2024 6:55:00 PM
Current bid:

$102.00

Highest bidder:

tullaberry

Auction has ended

Description :

8 Black & White photographs (8” x 10”) issued by NASA in 1961 detailing the early sub-orbital flight taken by chimpanzee Ham in the space program (Mercury-Redstone). Ham was one of a group of 6 chimps chosen & trained for the experimental flights – most of the photos feature him since he was the chimp chosen in the end for the 16-minute flight. Each photo has a description on the verso of what is happening. Photos are in excellent shape although the descriptions appear to have been done with a mimeograph machine and have faded considerably over time.

For more info on this program, check out ‘We Gave It Away’: Remembering the Unhappy Flight of Ham the Chimp, 60 Years On - AmericaSpace Ham lived another 20 years after the flight in the National Zoo and died in 1983. 


Auction History

Highest bidder is tullaberry

Date Bid User
29-Jul-2024 6:53:01 PM $102.00 tullaberry
29-Jul-2024 6:53:01 PM $101.00 Dean
29-Jul-2024 6:49:39 PM $86.00 tullaberry
29-Jul-2024 6:49:06 PM $78.00 Dean
29-Jul-2024 6:48:09 PM $77.00 tullaberry
29-Jul-2024 6:18:28 PM $61.00 Dean
29-Jul-2024 6:00:13 PM $58.00 Wake2
29-Jul-2024 5:51:45 PM $56.00 tullaberry
29-Jul-2024 5:32:54 PM $47.00 Dean
29-Jul-2024 5:25:58 PM $42.00 tullaberry
28-Jul-2024 10:10:02 PM $34.00 Dean
28-Jul-2024 10:09:49 PM $32.00 tullaberry
28-Jul-2024 10:09:48 PM $31.00 Dean
28-Jul-2024 10:09:32 PM $22.00 tullaberry
28-Jul-2024 10:09:32 PM $21.00 Dean
28-Jul-2024 5:53:59 PM $12.00 tullaberry
28-Jul-2024 2:30:45 PM $7.00 Wiggles
28-Jul-2024 6:05:19 AM $6.00 Scott321
23-Jul-2024 12:34:28 AM $5.00 Dean

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