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Meet the Pets of PACE
Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 06:15:00In honor of National Pet Month, the PACE team is saying thanks with fun images of our pets modeling our signature mission bandana.
Launching and maintaining a satellite is hard. Just ask anyone working on the PACE mission, who had to deal with two delayed launch attempts, a vibration test failure, fears of mission cancellation, and the challenges that come with figuring out how to process, image, and communicate new data with the world.
To help ease those stresses – and help celebrate a successful launch – we turned to our furry companions.
In honor of National Pet Month, the PACE team is saying thanks with fun images of our pets modeling our signature mission bandana.
From competitive dog dancers to squirrel chasers, meet the animals we’ve come to love:
(Click on any dog photo to learn more)
Not all PACE pets are dogs…
Kaia loves to watch birds and yell about bedtimes. She's an energetic cat that is learning her leash skills again. (Kelsey Allen, Senior Scientist in Ocean Ecology Lab’s Field Support Group)
Chert a manx, which means he was born with no tail! He waddles when he walks because his balance is different from cats with tails. (Skye Caplan, Scientific Analyst)
Gabbro rarely meows, but when she does, it sounds more like a bird chirping than a cat. (Skye Caplan, Scientific Analyst)
Meet Drax and Obi, ferret friends of PACE. Drax and Obi are marvelously adorable and exceptionally difficult to photograph. They spend most of their days getting beauty sleep. Ferret caregivers and photographers: Brandon and Irie Warner. (Bridget Seegers, Research Scientist, Ocean Ecology Lab)
Chase, Everest and Skye are chickens and are members of a ten-person family named after Paw Patrol characters. We have Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Rocky, Everest, Ryder, Tracker, Zuma, Skye and Chickaletta. (Cecile Rousseaux)