Nov 29, 2021Chimp's Space Flight a Qualified SuccessNov. 29, 1961 - A male chimpanzee named Enos flew two 17,500-mile-an-hour orbits around the earth today. The flight, in a Project Mercury...
Nov 28, 2021President Kennedy Awards Three X-15 Pilots the Harmon TrophyNov. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy awarded the Harmon International Trophy for Aviators today to three test pilots of the X-15 rocket...
Nov 28, 2021Chimp Chosen for Space FlightNov. 28, 1961 - A 37-pound chimpanzee named Enos was chosen today to make a 3-orbit trip around the eaerth tomorrow. It is to be the last...
Nov 12, 2021NASA: Man in Orbit Will Have to Wait until '62Nov. 12, 1961 - United States hopes for sending a man into orbit this year apparently ended today when a flight with a chimpanzee was...