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irna.ir) Iran will send monkey into space in early 2012 Noshahr, March
22, IRNA – Head of Iranian Space Agency, Hamid Fazeli, said that the
Iranian shuttle, Kavoshgar-5 (Explorer-5) carrying monkey to space will
be launched into space during March-August 2012. 'Kavoshgar-5 will carry a biological capsule containing a
monkey into space. This is actually a prelude to preparing Iran for
sending a human astronaut into space before 2021,' Fazeli told IRNA in
an exclusive interview on Thursday. Referring to the fact that the world will witness further
success of Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of launching satellites
into space, he pointed out that sending Fajr satellite into space which
was postponed in 2011 will take place in 2012. Noting that only three countries have succeeded so far to send
human astronaut into space, Fazeli pointed out that India is considering
to send human astronaut into space by 2016.(h/t
JSchanzer)Western countries are concerned the long-range ballistic technology used to propel Iranian satellites into orbit could be used to launch atomic warheads. Tehran denies such suggestions and says its nuclear work is purely peaceful. Last week, Iran launched its second domestically built satellite into orbit, the Rasad 1 (Observation), which it said was for transmitting images and weather forecasts.(
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