Iran sends monkey into space

A capsule containing the monkey was sent into space and the "shipment" was retrieved intact later, Xinhua cited the Tehran-based Arab-language Al-Alam channel as saying.

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The project was studied and carried out by Iran's Space Agency.

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The capsule in the Pishgam (Pioneer) rocket was launched by the aerospace division of Iran's defence ministry to a pre-determined orbit, the Fars news agency said.

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None of the reports elaborated on its duration of the capsule in space.

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A previous attempt by Tehran to send a monkey into space was reported to have failed.

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