Iran's Space Program Isn't Monkeying Around
says it successfully sent a monkey into space on Monday and retrieved the animal alive. If true, the mission represents a major step towards the nation putting human astronauts into orbit. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, said that the successful launch of and retrieval of the satellite was “a prelude to sending humans into space.” Other reports from state-run media say the monkey traveled on a Kavoshgar rocket in a space capsule code named Pishgam (“Pioneer”) to an altitude of 120 kilometers, and was retrieved alive ...
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