The first ape to get launched into space.

Ham is the first ape to travel to space. On January 31, 1961, Ham flew a suborbital flight on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission, part of the U.S. space program's Project Mercury. On January 19, 1983, at age 25, Ham died and joined his brothers in heaven. $HAM is here to commemorate this famous chimp through blockchain, Long live Ham!