This cat video was sent from space: it's no joke, and there's an explanation

Published: 2024. 09. 12 • 1 minutes reading

The protagonist is a red cat, and it is of great scientific importance.

Before you think the Aliens are as big cat fans as we are, let's get this straight: the cat video is indeed from space, but with human intervention.

30 million kilometres

As in The Guardian the 15-second video was sent up by NASA to be precise , and then travelled from a space probe back to Earth, travelling 30 million kilometres. Fantastic, right?!

The red-and-white tomcat in the video is Taters, the cat of a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) staff member, who was chasing a laser dot with great gusto when it was filmed. The aim of the experiment was for space scientists to assess the potential of video sharing.

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