The first cat launched into space was a cat named Felix, but she was not a flight cat. She was taken aboard the Felix spacecraft, which was launched in the Vostok 3KA-2 rocket (also known as Ship No. 4) on October 18, 1963, as part of the Soviet Biosatellite program. However, Felix survived the flight and was collected by the collectors on the ground. Felix Seance's cat, which was launched on October 24, 1968 aboard the Earth-2 probe, is associated with the first successful flight of a cat into space.
