Iran to send monkey into space in August
June 27th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANSTehran, June 27 (IANS) Iran plans to send a monkey into space in August, the chief of the country’s space agency said Monday.
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) would send the monkey onboard a rocket called Kavoshgar-5, ISA chief Hamid Fazeli told Mehr news agency.
The space capsule 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,” Fazeli said.
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