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IRNA rocket
Credit: Islamic Republic News Agency
A live monkey was reportedly launched into space aboard an Iranian capsule called Pishgam, which means "pioneer."
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Iran's Space-Traveling Monkey #2
Credit: Iran State TV/Powered by NewsLook
Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28, 2013) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space.
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Iran's Space-Traveling Monkey
Credit: Iran State TV/Powered by NewsLook
Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28, 2013) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space.
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Iran Sets its Space Sights Higher After Satellite Launch
Credit: Omid-Sat/Fars News Agency.
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.
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Iranian Satellite, Artist's Conception
Credit: Iranian Space Agency
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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Credit: Next Media Animation, SPACE.com, Iran Daily Brief
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