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Iran Sending Monkeys Into Space
Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:40
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Iran will send monkeys into space next month as part of a plan to put humans into orbit, Hamid Fazeli, head of the country’s space agency said.
“The monkeys that will be sent in a life capsule are for now in quarantine and are scheduled to be sent into space during the Fajr festival,” Fazeli said according to the Mehr state-run news agency, referring to the 10-day celebration leading up to the 34th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on Feb. 10.
The capsule named Pishgam, or Pioneer, will be carried into orbit on a Kavoshgar rocket, he said. READMOREHERE
you the fed is going into space????
