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1 online resource (1 audio file (15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Jodi Dick and Brian David. |
| Summary |
On January 31, 1961, a three-year-old chimpanzee named Ham made history. Strapped inside a Mercury capsule, the little chimp blasted off into the sky, becoming the first intelligent being to ride an American rocket into suborbital space. Ham made a vital contribution to the United States space program. Because there were so many unanswered questions about space travel, scientists could not risk sending humans on a journey into the unknown. Chimpanzees, however, are very similar to humans in the makeup of their skeletons and internal organs. That made them the perfect space pioneers. Ham forged the way into the outer reaches of space so that human astronauts could follow. In this informative and entertaining book, featuring bold and lively illustrations, Richard Hilliard celebrates the achievement of Ham, the astrochimp and space hero. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Manned space flight -- Research -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Chimpanzees as laboratory animals -- Juvenile literature.
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Ham (Chimpanzee) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Chimpanzees -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Manned space flight.
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Ham (Chimpanzee)
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Chimpanzees.
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Dick, Jodi. Narrator.
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David, Brian. Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781464007064 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1464007063 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13512101 |
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