She was one of 14 female cats trained for spaceflight 60 years ago, france sent a stray cat into space The cats had electrodes implanted into their skulls to monitor their neurological activity throughout the flight
Felicity Cats
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In the absence of an actual name, the french media nicknamed the space cat felix, after the naughty black and white cartoon cat from movies and television
But c341 was female, so cerma took the nickname and changed it to the feminine version The animals trained for about two months This limit was set by the risk of electrode polarization In the early days of the space race, several animals went into orbit, including dogs, chimps and one intrepid cat
Who was this forgotten feline from the french space program? Félicette, the first cat in space, finally gets a memorial last month, a team unveiled a bronze statue honoring the feline, who launched on a suborbital mission in 1963 katherine j
