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T O P I C R E V I E WmicropoozThe Washington Post on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006, Style section, ran a story about the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, DC. Mentioned was the fact that the skeletons of space monkeys Able and Ham are in the collection (not on display) of the museum along with pics of each. Able's body has been stuffed and is on display, strapped into his couch, at the National Air and Space Museum.ColinBurgessDwayne Day sent me this article a few days back and I quickly got in touch with the lady featured in it, Lenore Barbian, to ask if she knew anything about what might have happened to Enos's remains after he'd died. Unfortunately, she said they had nothing of Enos there, and so this little mystery continues.BenWhen I saw Able at the National Air and Space Museum and read the label it took a minute or two to realize it was him. It doesn't explicitly say "this is Able, stuffed after death." But indeed it was. The label reads something like "Able, seen here, was strapped into the couch shown on that historic flight."Astro Bill quote:Originally posted by micropooz:Inside the article was the fact that the skeletons of space monkeys Able and Ham... According to the article "The Life and Times of No. 65 - Ham the Chimp" in the Sep-Oct 2005 issue of the Astrophile of the Space Unit: Chimpanzee Ham lived to be 27 years old... he died 19 Jan 1983. Ham's body was shipped to the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, NM, where he is buried in an honored spot near the entrance. Perhaps you mean Enos, Baker, or any of a number of other monkeys that gave their lives for the furtherance of the manned space program.ColinBurgessA gory subject indeed, but everyone's correct. The skeletons of both Ham and Able are indeed stored in the museum, but not on public display. The other, non-skeletal remains of Ham are indeed buried in Alamogordo, while a taxidermist was responsible for stuffing the skin of Able, and that's what you'll see today on public display in the National Air and Space Museum.Astro BillTuesday, Jan. 31 2006 will mark the 45th anniversary of the launch and recovery of Ham the chimp in a Mercury capsule. Perhaps it is time to give the skeleton of Ham a proper resting place at the National Space Hall of Fame with the remaining parts of his body. lb206In case anyone is curious and doesn't already know, Baker is buried at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama where she had lived after her flight. The grave is near the front entrance to the museum. And every now and then people will leave a banana on the tombstone.ScottHam's entry at Find A Grave.micropoozYup, been to Baker's grave several times, including just a month ago. Baker wasn't a volunteer, which makes her grave even more profound...DavidHBaker's gravestone at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center: Chris DubbsWhile doing research in the archives of the New Mexico Museum of Space History in 2005, I came across a memo from the Air Force Institute of Pathology to the Armed Forces Medical Museum, dated 24 March 1983. Subject: Processing the skeleton of "Ham." The processing of the skeleton of 'Ham' will require one of the following: a) Maceration by bacterial action, b) Maceration by chemical agent, c) Cleaning by Dermestid beetle colony. The memo goes on to recommend the use of the beetle colony at the Smithsonian Institution. After the beetles did their work on the soft tissue (one to two months), and the skeleton "aired" for a few days, it was to be returned to the Armed Forces Medical Museum.
Able's body has been stuffed and is on display, strapped into his couch, at the National Air and Space Museum.
The label reads something like "Able, seen here, was strapped into the couch shown on that historic flight."
quote:Originally posted by micropooz:Inside the article was the fact that the skeletons of space monkeys Able and Ham...
Chimpanzee Ham lived to be 27 years old... he died 19 Jan 1983. Ham's body was shipped to the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, NM, where he is buried in an honored spot near the entrance.
The processing of the skeleton of 'Ham' will require one of the following: a) Maceration by bacterial action, b) Maceration by chemical agent, c) Cleaning by Dermestid beetle colony.
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