Iran Launches Monkey Into Space

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http://www.space.com/19490-iran-launches-monkey-into-space-report.html

Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space, inching closer to the Islamic republic's goal of a manned mission, according to news reports.

The space capsule, called Pishgam, which means "pioneer" in Farsi, reportedly returned the monkey alive after a suborbital flight to space and back, according to Iranian news agencies.
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I'd make a joke, but NASA may become a joke pretty soon for all the priority it's given.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljmEkWkT5Qc
 
TaiidanTomcat said:
Hooray Iran! Welcome to the 1960's!
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1940s. The first suborbital monkey flight was in 1949, I believe. Give them some credit. It is not everyday that an Islamic theorcracy can claim to have come within a century of modernity.
 
chuck4 said:
It appears the monkey flight was faked.
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It appears they have released photos from both this flight and the earlier unsuccessful monkey flight in September 2011, hence the confusion. Some details here:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11734.msg1007858#msg1007858
 
Ahmadinejad is a bad guy - he lobbied the Iranian scientists to have his twin brother fly first... :p
 

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