An attempt by Iran to launch a rocket carrying a live monkey into space in September has met with failure, stalling the country's program to pursue a human spaceflight capability, according to press reports. The Iranian Space Agency reportedly attempted to launch a Rhesus monkey into space atop a Kavoshgar-5 rocket (Kavoshgar means "Explorer" in Farsi) during the Iranian month of Shahrivar, a period that ran between Aug. 23 and Sept. 22, according to an Agence-France Press report. "The Kavoshgar-5 rocket carrying a capsule with a live animal (a monkey) was launched during Shahrivar," Iran's Deputy Science Minister Mohammad Mehdinejad-Nouri told the ISNA news agency, according to AFP. "However, the launch was not publicized as all of its anticipated objectives were not accomplished."
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Clenched Against The Poor Monkey They Just (Unsuccessfully) Shot Into Space
Report: Iran Attempt to Launch Monkey Into Space Fails:
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