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On Oct. 18, 1963, a French cat named Félicette became the first and only feline to ever travel to space. She launched atop a Véronique AG1 rocket and flew nearly 100 miles (157 kilometers) above ...
A torrent of generous donations in 2017 led to over £48,000 being raised to fund the project. Guy said: "Over the last 54 years, the story of the first and only cat to go to space has been ...
Image: “Space Cat Back Alive.” The Sydney Morning Herald 20 Oct. 1963 via Felicette “Laika the [Soviet] dog led directly to Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space, which led to ...
Red lightning, also known as a "sprite", is an intriguing weather phenomenon associated with certain very intense thunderstorms. While an ordinary lightning flash extends downward from the clouds ...
NASA astronauts on International Space Station capture images of lightning from space. The images McClain and Ayers shared show electrostatic discharges – in other words, lightning – from ...
On Oct. 18, 1963, a French cat named Félicette became the first and only feline to ever travel to space. She launched atop a Véronique AG1 rocket and flew nearly 100 miles (157 kilometers) above ...