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The cats were unnamed before the launch to reduce the likelihood that the scientists would become attached to them. [14] All of the cats had permanent electrodes surgically implanted into their brain to assess neurological activity. [15] Some of the cats' spaceflight training was similar to training for humans.
NASA’s laser communications experiment just beamed back a video from space for the first time, and it features a cat named Taters chasing a laser pointer.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, rode a Jupiter IRBM (scale model of rocket shown) into space in 1959. Landmarks for animals in space 1947: First animals in space (fruit flies) 1949: First primate and first mammal in space 1950: First mouse in space 1951: First dogs in space 1957: First ...
Enos’ space capsule during the Mercury-Atlas 5 mission, on display at the Museum of Life and Science, in Durham, North Carolina. Enos (born about 1957 – died November 4, 1962) was a chimpanzee launched into space by NASA, following his predecessor Ham.
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Kzinti on the cover of Man-Kzin Wars III.. The Kzinti (singular: Kzin) are an alien cat-like species developed by Larry Niven in his Known Space series.. The Kzinti were initially introduced in Niven's story "The Warriors" (originally in Worlds of If (1966), collected in Tales of Known Space (1975)) and "The Soft Weapon" (1967), collected in Neutron Star (1968).
“For cats, primary humans are adored, and spare humans are to be tolerated,” says the very spare human in this video. But just because you are not a cat’s favorite person doesn’t mean you ...
The Voyager Golden Records are two identical phonograph records which were included aboard the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. [1] The records contain sounds and data to reconstruct raster scan images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form who may find them.