Hello Kitty in Space: Japan's iconic mouthless cat is riding aboard the small satellite Hodoyoshi 3 and will beam messages from space as part of a 40th anniversary celebration by Sanrio Co., Ltd.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 4-cm (1.6-inch) tall Hello Kitty figurine placed under a scrolling display in front of a window of the Hodoyoshi-3 satellite, is ...

One of Japan’s most famous cute characters is now orbiting the Earth. That’s right, Hello Kitty has been shot into space. According to Reuters, a 1.6 inch tall Hello Kitty is on the Hodoyoshi-3 ...

Move over, Space Brothers; there's a new anime ambassador in space, and it's none other than Sanrio's Hello Kitty. She's onboard the Hodoyoshi-3 satellite, a small trash can-sized craft developed by ...

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