Iran Sends a Monkey into Space

Status Report - Source: PressTV
Posted January 28, 2013 4:30 PM
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According to Iran state media, Iran launched a suborbital rocket last week with a monkey onboard and recovered the capsule a short time later with the monkey still alive. The space capsule was code-named Pishgam (Pioneer).

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TAGS: Iran, Monkey in space, video

FILED UNDER: Asia, Iran

SOURCE: PressTV Status Report