Félicette

Félicette is remembered for spaceflight, french space program, space cat. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this cat remains part of animal, cultural, scientific, or public memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

This Memory Realm pet garden turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D pet garden connected to Félicette.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Paris, France is used as a broad spatial reference for this pet garden because it is connected to Félicette's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Félicette was a Parisian cat that became the first feline launched into space on 18 October 1963 as part of the French space program. She was one of 14 female cats trained for spaceflight. The cats had electrodes implanted into their skulls to monitor their neurological activity throughout the flight. During the flight, electrical impulses were applied to the brain and a leg to stimulate responses. The capsule was recovered 13 minutes after the rocket was ignited. Most of the data from the mission was of good quality, and Félicette survived the flight but was euthanised two months later for the examination of her brain.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.