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Iran monkey space 16 06 11
Iran plans to send a monkey into space
Iran has previously sent a rat, turtle, worms and a monkey doll into space, and is now planning to launch a live monkey into space on its Kavoshgar-5 rocket.
News DeskJune 16, 2011 06:31
Chimpanzees from the Fox movie 'Space Chimps' pose during the opening day of the Licensing International Expo on June 19, 2007 in New York. Iran says it plans to put a live monkey into space on its Kavoshgar-5 rocket. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Iran, which has reportedly sent a monkey doll into space, plans to launch a live monkey into space aboard its Kavoshgar-5 rocket this summer, according to state television.
The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched between July 23 and August 23, with a capsule carrying a monkey to an altitude of 74 miles, said Hamid Fazeli, head of Iran's Space Organization.
Iran first put a satellite into orbit in 2009, and has outlined an ambitious space program in the face of Western concerns.
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In February, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a space capsule designed to carry a live monkey into space, along with prototypes of home-built satellites the country hopes to launch in 2012, Agence France-Presse reports.
Fazeli has touted the launch of a large animal into space as the first step toward sending a man into space, which Tehran said it is aiming to do by 2020, AFP reports.
Iran launched its Kavoshgar-4 rocket in March, but there were no live animals on board, according to the official IRNA news agency. A photo released by IRNA showed a monkey doll in the capsule.
In 2010, the Islamic republic sent small animals into space, including a rat, turtle and worms, on its Kavoshgar-3 rocket.
On Wednesday, Iran said it had successfully launched its Rassad-1 (Observation-1) satellite into orbit 160 miles above the Earth.
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=225332
'Iran says it will send monkey into space this summer'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
06/16/2011 18:39
Iranian Space Agency plans to launch rocket this summer with monkey on board; plans to send man to space in near future.
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The head of the Iranian Space Agency, Hamid Fazeli, announced publicly on Thursday that the Islamic Republic plans to launch a rocket into space with a monkey on board this summer, according to an AFP report.
The approximate date given is the Persian month of Mordad, which this year falls between July 23 and Augst 23.
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The rocket to be used is the Iranian Kavoshgar-5. The Kavoshgar-3 rocket, launched in 2010, carried a rat, turtles, and worms. The Kavoshgar-4 rocket, launched on March 15, 2011, was desgined to carry a monkey but the capsule was left empty.
The rocket will be equipped with a 285-kilogram capsule and will carry the monkey to an altitude of 120 kilometers (74 miles).
Western powers fear that Iran's space program, which first got off the ground in 2009 when it launched its first satellite, has military ambitions as the technology can be used for designing and launching ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the capsulde designed to carry the monkey into space in February. The Iranian Space Agency hopes to send a man into space by 2020
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Iran monkey space 16 06 11
Iran plans to send a monkey into space
Iran has previously sent a rat, turtle, worms and a monkey doll into space, and is now planning to launch a live monkey into space on its Kavoshgar-5 rocket.
News DeskJune 16, 2011 06:31
Chimpanzees from the Fox movie 'Space Chimps' pose during the opening day of the Licensing International Expo on June 19, 2007 in New York. Iran says it plans to put a live monkey into space on its Kavoshgar-5 rocket. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Iran, which has reportedly sent a monkey doll into space, plans to launch a live monkey into space aboard its Kavoshgar-5 rocket this summer, according to state television.
The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched between July 23 and August 23, with a capsule carrying a monkey to an altitude of 74 miles, said Hamid Fazeli, head of Iran's Space Organization.
Iran first put a satellite into orbit in 2009, and has outlined an ambitious space program in the face of Western concerns.
(From GlobalPost in Iran: In Iran, tombstones shaped like penises delight tourists)
In February, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled a space capsule designed to carry a live monkey into space, along with prototypes of home-built satellites the country hopes to launch in 2012, Agence France-Presse reports.
Fazeli has touted the launch of a large animal into space as the first step toward sending a man into space, which Tehran said it is aiming to do by 2020, AFP reports.
Iran launched its Kavoshgar-4 rocket in March, but there were no live animals on board, according to the official IRNA news agency. A photo released by IRNA showed a monkey doll in the capsule.
In 2010, the Islamic republic sent small animals into space, including a rat, turtle and worms, on its Kavoshgar-3 rocket.
On Wednesday, Iran said it had successfully launched its Rassad-1 (Observation-1) satellite into orbit 160 miles above the Earth.
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=225332
'Iran says it will send monkey into space this summer'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
06/16/2011 18:39
Iranian Space Agency plans to launch rocket this summer with monkey on board; plans to send man to space in near future.
Talkbacks (7)
The head of the Iranian Space Agency, Hamid Fazeli, announced publicly on Thursday that the Islamic Republic plans to launch a rocket into space with a monkey on board this summer, according to an AFP report.
The approximate date given is the Persian month of Mordad, which this year falls between July 23 and Augst 23.
RELATED:
'We're not afraid of Iran space missile'
Iran space rocket successfully sends data
The rocket to be used is the Iranian Kavoshgar-5. The Kavoshgar-3 rocket, launched in 2010, carried a rat, turtles, and worms. The Kavoshgar-4 rocket, launched on March 15, 2011, was desgined to carry a monkey but the capsule was left empty.
The rocket will be equipped with a 285-kilogram capsule and will carry the monkey to an altitude of 120 kilometers (74 miles).
Western powers fear that Iran's space program, which first got off the ground in 2009 when it launched its first satellite, has military ambitions as the technology can be used for designing and launching ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the capsulde designed to carry the monkey into space in February. The Iranian Space Agency hopes to send a man into space by 2020
