Animals in space On 18 October 1963, France launched Félicette the cat aboard Veronique AGI sounding rocket No. 47. The launch was directed by the French Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Médecine Aéronautique (CERMA). Félicette was recovered alive after a 15-minute flight and a descent by parachute. Félicette had electrodes implanted into her brain, and the recorded neural impulses were transmitted back to Earth. A second cat was sent to space by CERMA on 24 October 1963, but the flight ran into difficulties that prevented recovery. The final French animal launches were of two monkeys in March 1967. China launched mice and
Miss Austria Miss Austria Miss Austria is a national beauty pageant in Austria. From 1959, the promoter is "Miss Austria Corporation". Winner represents Austria in Miss World on occasions the winner is also send to Miss Universe pageant. In the pageant of Miss Austria, the first and second placed candidates of each federal state take part. So in the final there are 18 delegates from the 9 "Bundesländer". In 2016 Silvia Schachermayer handled Miss Earth pageant into the family of Miss Austria Corporation. In 2018, the organization gave up the license for Miss Universe and Miss Earth. Traditionally the winner or sometimes