Iran To Send Monkey To Space

Iran says it is considering sending a Persian cat into space as the next animal astronaut after claims of launching a monkey earlier this year.

Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile delivery systems that are alarming the West which fears the technology could be used to deliver a nuclear warhead.

Iran will try again to send a live monkey into space after a previous attempt failed in 2011, media reports said on Tuesday quoting the space chief, who gave a launch date of before mid-February.

Iran plans to send a live monkey into space, a media report said on Thursday.The space capsule designed to carry a live monkey was unveiled by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in February."The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched during the month of Mordad (July 23 to August 23) with a 285-kg capsule carrying a monkey to an altitude of 120 km," the Dai...

Iran says it is considering sending a Persian cat into space as the next animal astronaut after claims of launching a monkey earlier this year.

Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile delivery systems that are alarming the West which fears the technology could be used to deliver a nuclear warhead.

Iran will try again to send a live monkey into space after a previous attempt failed in 2011, media reports said on Tuesday quoting the space chief, who gave a launch date of before mid-February.

Iran plans to send a live monkey into space, a media report said on Thursday.The space capsule designed to carry a live monkey was unveiled by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in February."The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched during the month of Mordad (July 23 to August 23) with a 285-kg capsule carrying a monkey to an altitude of 120 km," the Dai...