Enos

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Enos was a chimpanzee launched into space by NASA, following his predecessor Ham. He was the only chimpanzee to orbit the Earth, and the third hominid to do so after cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov. Enos's flight occurred on November 29, 1961.

1957 — 1962  WikimediaWikidata
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    test flight of the Atlas rocket and Mercury spacecraft
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