Iran in Space: Rockets, Satellites & Monkeys (Photos)
by SPACE.com Staff
Date: 28 January 2013 Time: 02:05 PM ET
A live monkey was reportedly launched into space aboard an Iranian capsule called Pishgam, which means "pioneer."
Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28, 2013) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space.
Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28, 2013) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space.
This still from a video by the Fars News Agency posted to the Omid satellite Web site shows the Safir-2 rocket launch in February 2009.
Artist's conception of Iran's small Earth-watching satellite "Promise of Science and Industry," a 50-kilogram satellite, which launched into orbit on Feb. 3, 2012 atop Iran's Safir 1-B rocket.
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