As much as we love The Muppets, in 1963 a pair of NASA engineers entertained the idea of sending real pigs into space. This is their story. “Little Joe” was the name of the rocket used by NASA ...

Remember Pigs in Space? It was a series of sketches on The Muppet Show parodying Star Trek (and other 60s/70s space-themed TV shows), featuring the adventures of a crew of pigs aboard the Swinetrek.

They’ve starred in multiple TV shows and movies since the mid-’70s, have robust presences on social media and have even been the subjects of perennial memes ... "Pigs in Space" sketches in The ...

But they also starred in The Muppet Show, an off-kilter Vaudeville variety show in the late 1970s, where they did weird skits like “Pigs in Space.” And they’ve had a long and extremely ...

Boy that tasted good!" On learning about the pork treat, some Twitter users started posting screengrabs of the intergalactic Muppets episode 'Pigs in Space'. Major Peake is due to speak to the media ...