Another bat was seen clinging to the side of the external tank attached to the shuttle Endeavour on its STS-72 flight in 1996. That one maybe have been a bit more cautious, though: It flew away to ...

"On STS-72 there was a bat, but it flew away during launch,"Curie said, referring to the 1996 flight of the shuttle Endeavour. That bat didnot harm the shuttle at all.

NASA scientists must have thought they were going batty when they noticed a tiny black speck on space shuttle Discovery’s fuel tank. It was a bat, clinging to the orange foam for dear life. L… ...

A small bat that was spotted blasting off with the space shuttle Sunday and clinging to the back side of Discovery's external fuel tank apparently held on throughout the launch.

A small bat that attached itself to one of Space Shuttle Discovery’s fuel tanks and “apparently clung for dear life to the side of the tank while the shuttle launched,” according to ABC News ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida -- A bat that apparently had trouble flying instead tried to hitch a ride on the space shuttle Discovery, CNN is reporting. The free tail bat was last seen clinging to… ...

However, unlike Lego's Utility Shuttle (also from 2015), which allows for a second crewmember, the flight deck for the Bat-Space Shuttle fits only Batman, — because, you know, Batman works alone.

Little winged mammal clung to Discovery's fuel tank at liftoff. HOUSTON, March 17, 2009— -- The bat, seen clinging to the external fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Discovery before its launch ...

The bat isn't the first to try hitching a ride into space. NASA officials said they noticed one of the creatures on a tank of a shuttle in 1998. That bat flew away as the shuttle's massive engines ...

On a cool spring eve, March 15th, 2009, a bat, crippled and wistful, clung to the Space Shuttle Discovery as it was thrust toward the great beyond. Goodbye and godspeed, my magnificent Spacebat.

However, unlike Lego's Utility Shuttle (also from 2015), which allows for a second crewmember, the flight deck for the Bat-Space Shuttle fits only Batman, — because, you know, Batman works alone.