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.

2023年10月18日 · 60 years ago, France sent a stray cat into space. 🐈🚀 Learn the sad story behind the great space journey of the only cat in space!

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.

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...

2021年11月9日 · As it turns out, throughout the entire history of spaceflight, only one cat has been successfully launched into space: a black-and-white female named Félicette. Félicette's momentous launch occurred during the height of the space race in October 1963.

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...

2018年12月26日 · It's a classic zero to hero tale: A stray cat is plucked from the streets of Paris and trained to be an astronaut. This may sound like the plot of a children's book, but the story of...

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.

2024年7月15日 · Although late to the party, the French space agency made its first serious incursion into manned space flight on October 18, 1963 — the day a French cat named Félicette became the first and...

2023年10月15日 · A photo taken on 5 February, 1964 shows a cat (not Félicette) strapped into a carrier like the one that carried France's first feline astronaut into space in October 1963.