File:Meet Chimpanzee Enos - Flickr - NASA on The Commons.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Meet_Chimpanzee_Enos_-_Flickr_-_NASA_on_The_Commons.jpg(640 × 480 pixels, file size: 45 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Although the mission plan originally called for three orbits, due to a malfunctioning thruster and other technical difficulties, flight controllers were forced to terminate Enos' flight after two orbits. Enos landed in the recovery area and was picked up 75 minutes after splashdown. He was found to be in good overall condition and both he and the Mercury spacecraft performed well. His mission concluded the testing for a human orbital flight, achieved by John Glenn on February 20, 1962. Enos died at Holloman Air Force Base of a non-space related case of dysentery 11 months after his flight.

For more information about Enos and other animals who have made the journey into space, visit: history.nasa.gov/animals.html

Image Number: s61-04540

Date: December 21, 1961
Date Taken on 21 December 1961, 11:56
Source Meet Chimpanzee Enos
Author NASA on The Commons
Permission
(Reusing this file)
NASA on The Commons @ Flickr Commons
Flickr tags
InfoField
nasa, chimpanzee, space, astronaut, 1961

Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.


Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by NASA on The Commons at https://flickr.com/photos/44494372@N05/7678547604. It was reviewed on 22 January 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

22 January 2024

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:11, 22 January 2024Thumbnail for version as of 03:11, 22 January 2024640 × 480 (45 KB)Red panda bot (talk | contribs)In Flickr Explore: 2024-01-15

There are no pages that use this file.