On This Day in Space! Oct. 18, 1963: France's Félicette Becomes the 1st Cat in Space! >^..^
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On October 18, 1963, a small black and white cat made history by becoming the first and only cat to travel into space and return to Earth alive. Named Felicette, she was sent on a flight aboard a French rocket called Veronique. The journey lasted about 13 minutes, and the capsule reached an altitude of approximately 157 kilometers above Earth. At the time, the United States and the Soviet Union were using dogs and monkeys to study the effects of…
It was on October 18, 1963, that Félicette, formerly a stray cat in Paris, became the first cat to go into space, on a mission launched by the French space program. The trip lasted 13 minutes.
On October 18, 1963, Félicette became the first and only cat to reach space. The strange story of her mission.
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