When it comes to animals that heroically blasted off into space during the space race, names like Laika the dog or Ham the chimpanzee are probably the first that come to mind. But one spacefaring ...

Doorkins Magnificat arrived at Southward Cathedral in London between Christmas Day and New Year's in 2008 Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A cathedral in London celebrated the life of one of its beloved congregants this week, but she wasn’t your typical churchgoer. Doorkins Magnificat was a stray cat that arrived at Southwark Cathedral ...

The first cat to launch into space and live to meow about it is getting her own monument — thanks to the crowdfunded support of more than 1,100 of her fans. A campaign on the website Kickstarter on ...

Félicette was one of many animals who were involuntary participants in the early stages of space exploration. The black-and-white cat was rocketed into space on October 18, 1963, by the French space ...

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