"SPACECHIMP"

In January 1961, NASA launched its first "manned" flight, but the sole passenger wasn't human : he was a four-year-old ape named Ham, who became the first chimpanzee to survive space travel. Using dramatic reconstruction and archive footage, this BBC2"Natural World" documentary tells the unlikely astronaut's story.

For someone who was born in the jungle and died of old age, Ham had a very exciting life, and this is one fantastic little film....by any standards ! Truly Awesome !