Iran admits space monkey launch a failure
Iran has acknowledged its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month - touted as its first step towards launching a man into space - was a failure. "The Kavoshgar-5 rocket carrying a capsule with a live animal [a monkey] was launched during Shahrivar," an Iranian calendar month spanning August 23 to September 22, deputy science minister Mohammad Mehdinejad-Nouri was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. "However, the launch was not publicised as all of its anticipated objectives were not accomplished." He said the launch of a ...
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