UpSide Down Universe (Chap. 12 - Catmosphere) 09/22 by Pyfel published on 2022-09-22T17:19:52Z 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 the Earth, where she briefly experienced weightlessness. Félicette spent most of her life on the streets of Paris. And Félicette was a cat, one of 14 trained by French scientists for space flight. In 1963, she went where no feline had gone before. Chosen for her calm demeanor and low weight. Curiosity killed the cat. Genre House