Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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France launched a stray cat named Félicette into space in 1963. She survived the mission and returned to Earth alive, making history. But the ending was dark: just two months later, scientists euthanized her to examine her brain. A pioneering spacecat—celebrated, then sacrificed in the name of research, forever afterward.

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