Cat chases laser pointer dot in 15-second video, designed to test possibility of sending streaming video through deep space
He may not be the first cat in space – that honour goes to a French feline named Félicette in 1963 – but on Monday an orange tabby named Taters took an arguably bigger prize: first cat video in space.
Nasa sent a 15-second video of Taters in ultra-HD, which travelled almost 19m miles from a probe back to Earth.
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