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SPACE CAT IN PARIS IBD

DAWN MARIE AERTS
MANYPENNY PRESS
05 / 2025
9781737858034
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The Story of âÇÖCatnickâÇÖ and the French Space Program of 1963In 1963, a team of cats were adopted and trained for flight aboard a rocket ship to be launched into inter-stellar space. The training for the Astro-cats included tests in handling high-g-forces and full- acceleration thrust.áFelicette was eventually selected as the one feline who could successfully transmit results back to Mission Command and survive space flight.She was a cat with the âÇÖright stuff.âÇÖSpace program scientists chose âÇÖCatnickâÇÖ for her calm and brave disposition.áAfter months of preparation, Felicette was launched on a suborbital flight aboard a Veronique AGI (sounding) rocket, from the Saharan Desert, Algeria, October 16th, 1963.áOn that day, she reached an altitude of 97 miles above the earth and experienced five minutes of weightlessness - a first for the space mission and any cat. The short but critical flight ended after 15 minutes when her capsule parachuted safely back to earth. This brave feline was honored as the only cat to successfully travel into space as part of the French National Space Program.áShe was later commemorated on national postage stamps for her service, sacrifice, and a return under extreme conditions.Her contribution, with the animals of space research, helped pave the way for todayâÇÖs understanding of space flight conditions and the impact it would have on human astronauts.áA bronze sculpture was dedicated to âÇÖCatnickâÇÖ on December 19th, 2018, and stands at the International Space University, Strasbourg, France.There you will find Felicette perched on top of the world, eyes gazing upward towards the Moon - the true story of 'A Space Cat in Paris.'

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