Félicette, the First Feline in Space, Finally Got Her Due
On Oct. 18, 1963, Félicette (who was officially known as C 341), was strapped into a Véronique rocket and blasted from Algeria to nearly 100 miles (161 kilometers) above Earth. She experienced about five minutes of weightlessness followed by the terror of a turbulent, spinning descent via parachute. Just 15 minutes later, the flight was complete.
Félicette, the First Cat in Space, Finally Gets a Memorial
2020年1月28日 · Félicette, the only cat to have ever survived a sojourn into space, is now being recognized for her extraterrestrial achievements in the form of a bronze statue at the International Space...
Félicette - Wikipedia
Félicette (French pronunciation:) was a stray Parisian cat that became the first feline launched into space on 18 October 1963 as part of the French space program. She was one of 14 female cats trained for spaceflight.
Meet Félicette, The First Cat To Be Sent To Space - All That's …
2021年12月6日 · French scientists launched Félicette into space in October 1963 in hopes of catching up to the United States and the Soviet Union in the Space Race. Félicette didn’t seem like a typical astronaut. She weighed just five and a half pounds. She’d spent most of her life on the streets of Paris.
A Brief History of Félicette, the First Cat in Space
2018年12月26日 · Félicette's journey to outer space was preceded by Laika, the Russian street dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. However, unlike Laika, who died in...
Cat in Space | What Happened to Felicette Cat | Cat Sent to
2023年10月18日 · No more cats went into the Earth’s orbit, and Félicette remained the first and only cat to have been in space. Why was Félicette forgotten? Despite her contributions to science, Félicette received far less recognition than the other animal astronauts.
Félicette has landed! Memorial for first cat in space unveiled in ...
2020年1月24日 · A new memorial for Félicette, the first and only cat to go to space, has arrived at its permanent home at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France.
The First Cat in Space Deserves a Memorial - Atlas Obscura
2017年11月27日 · Félicette was not merely the first feline in space. She remains, to this day, the only cat who has ever left the atmosphere. (A second attempt a week later ended in disaster, halting this...
Felicette: How France launched the first cat into space 60 years ago
2023年10月18日 · While the world remembers Laika’s historic journey in 1957, it is less well known that a few years later, the first feline ventured into space as part of the French space program Felicette, the...
Hail Félicette! French Space Cat Memorial Beginning to Take Shape
2019年8月8日 · Félicette, the first cat in space (seen here at right), will soon be immortalized as a bronze sculpture at the International Space University in Strasbourg.
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