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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.
Depicted on a damaged relief from Puimre's tomb, Nedjem is the earliest known cat to bear an individual name. [1] [2] Ta-Miu (Egyptian: tꜣ mjw "She-Cat"), 14th century BC. The cat of Crown Prince Thutmose, mummified after her death and buried in a decorated sarcophagus in Prince Thutmose's own tomb following his own early demise. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 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 ...
It’s the first time NASA has streamed a video from deep space using a laser. In the ultra-high definition video , the playful orange tabby cat chases, of all things, the elusive red dot from a ...
Nyan Cat. Nyan Cat is a YouTube video uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme. The video merged a Japanese pop song with an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso flying through space and leaving a rainbow trail behind. The video ranked at number five on the list of most viewed YouTube videos in 2011. [1]
More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. However, with the advent of suborbital flight starting with privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial ...
Pick one of these famous movie cat names from Disney hits and Hollywood classics. These names fit male/female cats, grey cats, white cats, black cats and more.
Before their story, most people reported friendly encounters with UFOs and aliens. Consider the noble and sagacious alien visitor portrayed in the hit 1951 movie “The Day the Earth Stood Still.”