Ham the space chimp lived to be 26 AND was in a movie with Evel Knievel!
Prior to his flight he was called Chimp # 63. They didn't name the chimp candidates before for fear that personalization would look bad if they blowed up. As it was, on splashdown he only bruised his nose!
Also his backup Minnie (the only female space chimp) lived to be 41! After her NASA years, she ran a small gift shop in Taos.
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