Legendas (44)
0:02NARRATOR: This chimpanzee
will pave the way into space.
0:10He has a different training
regimen than human astronauts,
0:14including shocks to his
feet if his attention strays
0:17from the instrument panel.
0:20But his job is paramount--
0:22prove that a primate
can function in space.
0:27MARGARET WEITEKAMP:
So this was how
0:28you were able to-- what they
would have called at the time
0:31man rate the vehicle.
0:34MAN (ON RADIO): All
[INAUDIBLE] paralyzer, correct?
0:40T-minus 18 and counting.
0:41NARRATOR: Since the
embarrassment of Mercury 1--
0:46--they think they
fixed the rocket.
0:48MAN (ON RADIO) Minus 10, 9, 8--
0:51NARRATOR: But will the
capsule keep Ham alive?
0:570 [INAUDIBLE] seconds.
0:59Liftoff, liftoff, liftoff.
1:03NARRATOR: Mercury 2
punches through the Florida
1:06sky with the hopes
of the program riding
1:10on a three-year-old chimp.
1:11MAN (ON RADIO) We
are ready to rock.
1:14NARRATOR: The capsule
loses pressure,
1:17but Ham's spacesuit
keeps him alive.
1:23He pulls levers and
pushes buttons as trained.
1:27They know he's
conscious, but don't
1:30know if he'll endure reentry.
1:33MAN (ON RADIO) We're
receiving data again.
1:35Let us know when you
regain the signal.
1:40NARRATOR: Ships
find Ham's capsule
1:42in the wide open Atlantic.
1:45They whisk it aboard
and open the hatch
1:48to see if Ham survived.
1:51TEASEL MUIR-HARMONY: He
was a little dehydrated.
1:52He was a little fatigued.
1:54But they gave him an
apple, and he liked that.
1:56NARRATOR: He has nothing
more than a bruised nose.
2:00Everyone hopes the first human
in space will be so lucky.
