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December 9, 1961
The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
What is this article about?
Chimpanzee Enos, a 5½-year-old from French Cameroons, is successfully launched into Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas rocket, performing tasks normally as reported by tracking stations worldwide.
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The space agency plans to reveal the name of the pilot selected for that journey on completion of today's flight, if it is successful.
The freckle-faced astrochimp, a 37½-pound native of Africa's French Cameroons, zipped away from Cape Canaveral at 10:07 a.m. (E.S.T.) atop a thundering Atlas rocket.
The huge Atlas performed perfectly and blasted the two ton, bell-shaped capsule into an orbit ranging from 99 to 146 miles high.
The speed was about 17,500 miles an hour.
IN SWIFT SUCCESSION, TRACKING STATIONS AT BERMUDA, A MID-ATLANTIC SHIP, THE CANARY ISLANDS, NIGERIA, ZANZIBAR AND AN INDIAN OCEAN SHIP REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS PROCEEDING NORMALLY, ALL SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS WERE WORKING, AND THE TINY PASSENGER WAS DOING HIS JOBS CORRECTLY.
A report from the flight surgeon at the Mercury Control center at Cape Canaveral said Enos, a 5½ year old male, had not missed a trick, indicating that his ability to function was not hindered in any way by the crushing force of blastoff or the initial entry into the weird world of weightlessness in which he would be for all but a few minutes of the intended 4½ hour ride.
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The space agency plans to reveal the name of the pilot selected for that journey on completion of today's flight, if it is successful.
The freckle-faced astrochimp, a 37½-pound native of Africa's French Cameroons, zipped away from Cape Canaveral at 10:07 a.m. (E.S.T.) atop a thundering Atlas rocket.
The huge Atlas performed perfectly and blasted the two ton, bell-shaped capsule into an orbit ranging from 99 to 146 miles high.
The speed was about 17,500 miles an hour.
IN SWIFT SUCCESSION, TRACKING STATIONS AT BERMUDA, A MID-ATLANTIC SHIP, THE CANARY ISLANDS, NIGERIA, ZANZIBAR AND AN INDIAN OCEAN SHIP REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS PROCEEDING NORMALLY, ALL SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS WERE WORKING, AND THE TINY PASSENGER WAS DOING HIS JOBS CORRECTLY.
A report from the flight surgeon at the Mercury Control center at Cape Canaveral said Enos, a 5½ year old male, had not missed a trick, indicating that his ability to function was not hindered in any way by the crushing force of blastoff or the initial entry into the weird world of weightlessness in which he would be for all but a few minutes of the intended 4½ hour ride.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Adventure
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
Triumph
Survival
What keywords are associated?
Space Chimp
Enos
Orbit
Cape Canaveral
Atlas Rocket
Mercury Capsule
What entities or persons were involved?
Enos
Where did it happen?
Cape Canaveral
Story Details
Key Persons
Enos
Location
Cape Canaveral
Story Details
The space agency launches a 37½-pound chimpanzee named Enos from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas rocket into orbit ranging from 99 to 146 miles high at 17,500 miles per hour. Tracking stations report the flight proceeding normally with all systems working and Enos performing tasks correctly during the 4½-hour ride, unaffected by blastoff forces or weightlessness.