Space Zoo Patrol – Meet the Team

The characters are named after scientists, astronauts, and Nobel Prize winners from their respective countries. 

Name                  Animal            Gender           Country of origin         Title      Named after  

Senior Officers 

Eddie                    Beaver                 Male                      USA                    Captain,  Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, US Astronaut 

Jane                       Owl                       Female                 England            Navigator, Dr. Jane Goodall, British ethologist 

 

Name                  Animal            Gender           Country of origin         Title      Named after  

Interns 

John                      Penguin               Male                      Antarctica           Intern, John Davis, Captain of US whaling ship, first person to set foot on Antarctica 

Marcos                 Monkey               Male                      Brazil                   Intern, Marcos Pontes, Brazil’s first astronaut 

Lu Lu                    Panda                   Female                 China                 Intern, Dr. Lu Zhi, panda conservationist with Beijing University’s Giant Panda Conservation Center 

Thebe                   Hippo                   Male                      South Africa      Intern, Dr. Thebe Medupe, Founding Director of Astronomy Africa 

Andy                    Kangaroo            Male                      Australia             Intern, Dr. Andy Thomas, Australian astronaut 

Liz                         Koala                    Female                 Australia           Intern, Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian Nobel Prize Winner 

Dave                     Retriever #1       Male                      USA                    Intern 

Paul                       Retriever #2       Male                      USA                   Intern 

Name                  Animal            Gender           Country of origin         Title      Named after  

Junior Officers 

Chris                     Goose #1            Male                      Canada           SZP Member, Chris Hadfield, Canadian Astronaut 

Berty                     Goose #2            Female                 Canada            SZP Member, Roberta Bondar, first female Canadian Astronaut 

Betty                     Sheep #1             Female                 New Zealand   SZP Member, Beatrice Tinsley, PhD Cosmology, from New Zealand 

Brian                     Sheep #2             Male                      New Zealand  SZP Member, Brian Mason, PhD Geochemistry, from New Zealand 

Chi                         Mandarin Duck Female                 Japan          SZP Member, Chiaki Mukai, first Japanese woman in space 

Tommy                 Giraffe                 Male                      South Africa     SZP Member, Professor Thomas Odhiambo, scientist from Kenya 

Charlize               Turtle                    Female                 Galapagos Islands           SZP Member, Charles Darwin 

Carlos                   Guinea Pig          Male                      Peru                SZP Member, Carlos Noriega, Astronaut from Peru 

Prati                       Orangutan          Female                 Borneo             Zoomerang pilot, Pratiwi Sudarmono, PhD, professor of molecular biology in Indonesia, and NASA payload specialist 

 

 

Name                  Gender          Named after

Neighborhood Kids

Glenn                  Male               John Glenn, first American astronaut to orbit Earth

Sally                    Female           Sally Ride, first American female astronaut

Kali                      Female           Kalpana Chawla, first woman from India in space

Mario                   Male               Mario Molina, chemist, Mexican Nobel Prize winner

 

Teacher 

Christa                 Female                 Named after Christa McAuliffe, first teacher in space 

 

Reporter 

Judy Laurel, named after Judy Resnick and Laurel Clark, both former female American astronauts 

 

Mega Global Food Corporation 

President         Mr. Portlay                                       

Assistant         Jim Slennar 

 

Robot 

Yelie                     Named after Yelena Serova, first Russian woman on ISS