Question: A stray cat named Félicette is memorialized with a bronze statue in France. Why?
Answer: Félicette is the first and only cat to ever be rocketed into space. The cat took part in a 15-minute suborbital French mission in October, 1963, and landed safely. The bronze memorial, funded by a kickstarter campaign, went up at the end of 2019 and stands now at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France.
