Iran Launches a Monkey on a Suborbital Rocket

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Iran’s space monkey. Via Fox News.

According to Iran state media, Iran launched a suborbital rocket last week with a passenger aboard: a monkey. A gray tufted monkey survived the flight, riding inside an “indigenous bio-capsule” which was recovered after the flight. While the US and other nations are worried that Iran’s real goal is to have a nuclear mission program, Iran’s Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state television that this launch was a “big step” towards sending astronauts into space by 2020.
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