IRAN PLANS TO SEND MONKEY INTO SPACE
Iran will try again to send a live monkey into space after a previous attempt failed in 2011, media reports said on January {15, 2013 quoting the space chief, who gave a launch date of before mid-February.
"The final tests for launching the capsule, carrying a monkey, have been completed," Iran's Space Organisation Chief Hamid Fazeli said. He said the launch would take place during a 10-day period starting January 31, which marks the 34th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, the state TV website reported.
Iran has already sent small animals into space-a rat, turtles and worms-but its previous attempt to send a live monkey into space failed in 2011, which was announced without explanation. Fazeli said monkey project would help Iran "implement the preparations of sending a man into space," which officials say is scheduled for 2020.
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