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 Philippines Earth represent Philippines in Miss Earth pageant. The beauty pageant's current titleholder is Silvia Celeste Cortesi who represented the Filipino community of Rome, Italy was crowned Miss Earth Philippines 2018 by reigning Miss Earth 2017 Karen Ibasco on May 19, 2018. Celeste is the first woman to win the Miss Earth Philippines title from the Filipino communities abroad. In the first quarter of 2001, Carousel Productions relinquished the franchise for both Mutya ng Pilipinas (Beauty of the Philippines) and Miss Asia Pacific International beauty contests and decided to establish a beauty pageant whose cause is to have its candidates and winners