Crew:
    Ham (chimpanzee)

Launch:
    Pad: LC 5/6, Pad 5
    Date: 31 January 1961
    Time: 16:55 UTC

Flight:
    Orbits: Suborbital
    Duration: 16 minutes, 39 seconds
    Altitude: 157 statute miles
    Max Velocity: 5,857 mph

Recovery:
    Location: Atlantic Ocean
    Vessel: USS Donner (LSD-20)
    Date: 31 January 1961
    Time: 17:12 UTC

Sub-orbital test preceeding the first manned flight on 5 May 1961.

(Credit NASA, click to enlarge)
Ham being readied for flight.

The MR-2 capsule is currently located at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA.