Klaus-Dietrich Flade with the mouse from 'Sendung mit der Maus' (Mouse TV)
Klaus-Dietrich Flade with the mouse from 'Sendung mit der Maus' (Mouse TV)
Flade travelled into orbit on 17 March 1992 for seven days. Alongside his colleagues there was an additional guest – the mouse from popular television show 'Die Sendung mit der Maus' (literally, 'The programme with the mouse' – renamed 'Mouse TV' for English-speaking audiences) accompanied the crew on their mission Dressed in a silver space suit, she floated through the Russian Mir space station. This event was beamed live to viewers on Earth and the tradition was continued five years later on the Mir '97 mission, when Reinhold Ewald brought along 'Hein Blöd' – a character from the same programme.
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