31 January 1961
what about them? the US launched about half a dozen mostly in mercury capsules on redstone rockets. the first chimp was named Ham. he had a children's book written about his adventure. all were recovered safely at sea by the US Navy.
The US sent a chimpanzee named Ham into space in 1961. Ham's mission was part of a series of tests to prepare for human spaceflight.
USSR
No. The USSR was the first to launch any kind of space craft with the launch of "Sputnik 1" in 1957. The US was the first to send a man to the moon in 1969 with the Apollo 11 mission
SpaceX
Cape Canaveral, Florida.
chimpanzee
Space Exploration did not begin in the US. The first country to successfully launch a human into outer space was the Soviet Union.
That capability indicate that the US was well behind in the Space Race.
Basically the Successful Launch of Sputnik I by then USSR started the Space race as US Space programme till then was not integrated and successful launch of SputnikI triggred 1)formation of NASA 2)passing of Space act by US congress 3)allocation of funds for the space projects.
it was a Chimpanzee
A chimpanzee (monkey)