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First Cat in Space Félicette to Get Memorial Statue
« on: November 17, 2017, 07:13:58 pm »
Space.com By Robert Z. Pearlman 11/17/2017



 The first cat to launch into space and live to meow about it is getting her own monument — thanks to the crowdfunded support of more than 1,100 of her fans.

A campaign on the website Kickstarter on Friday (Nov. 17) successfully raised more than $57,000 to create "a proper memorial" for Félicette, a female black-and-white stray that lifted off on a French rocket for a sub-orbital spaceflight on Oct. 18, 1963.

The funds will underwrite the sculpture and erection of a statue for Félicette in her home city of Paris. [The History of Animals in Space (Infographic)]

More: https://www.space.com/38815-first-cat-in-space-memorial-statue.html

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