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    Iran 'failed' with space monkey launch

    Iran acknowledged as a failure on Wednesday its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month -- touted as its first step towards launching a man into space.

    "The Kavoshgar-5 rocket carrying a capsule with a live animal (a monkey) was launched during Shahrivar," an Iranian calendar month spanning August 23 to September 22, Deputy Science Minister Mohammad Mehdinejad-Nouri was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency.

    "However, the launch was not publicised as all of its anticipated objectives were not accomplished," Mehdinejad-Nouri told reporters.

    He said the launch of a live animal into space was "strategic, and a priority," and expressed hope that future launches would attain more of the objectives set.

    On October 3, Iran indefinitely postponed plans to send a live monkey into space, without giving any reasons.

    "One cannot give a set date for this project and as soon as our nation's scientists announce the readiness (of the project) it will be announced," said Hamid Fazeli, head of Iran's Space Organisation.

    The project envisaged launching a capsule with life support using the Kavoshgar-5 rocket to an altitude of 120 kilometres (75 miles) for a 20-minute sub-orbital flight.

    The project was unveiled in February by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

    At the time, Fazeli touted the launch of a large animal as the first step towards sending a man into space, which Tehran says is scheduled for 2020.

    In mid-March, Iran announced the successful launch of an earlier version of the rocket, Kavoshgar-4, carrying a test capsule designed to house the monkey.

    Iran has already sent small animals into space -- a rat, turtles and worms -- aboard a capsule carried by its Kavoshgar-3 rocket in 2010.

    The Islamic republic, which first put a satellite into orbit in 2009, has outlined an ambitious space programme amid Western concerns the rocket technology may be linked to developing ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads.

    Tehran has repeatedly denied that its nuclear and scientific programmes mask military ambitions.

     

    1,520 comments

    • Mickey  •  7 mths ago
      Poor monkey! He almost got out of Iran!
      • DarrienD 7 mths ago
        Sir, you made my day with that comment. Congratulations!!!!
      • adam1654 7 mths ago
        Lol. This just made by day.
    • Mad  •  7 mths ago
      did anyone else laugh at this headline?
    • Uatu  •  7 mths ago
      Poor monkey.
      • 38 Special 7 mths ago
        Iran acknowledged as a failure on Wednesday its attempt to send CAIN into space last month -- the monkey had problems pushing the right blast off bottoms.
      • John 7 mths ago
        SB, you're an idiot. By the way, what are blast off bottoms ??
    • Marc B  •  7 mths ago
      One of the thinnest books on earth, "Glories of the Iranian Space Program."
      • Greaseman 7 mths ago
        Jonny Durango, how about while skiing? Skateboarding? Surfboarding? Bear hunting? Sky diving? Mountain climbing?
      • Bob 7 mths ago
        I think it's more like a leaflet than a book!
      • Eli 7 mths ago
        Just a bit thicker than the THE WIT AND WISDOM OF SPIRO AGNEW
    • RJ  •  7 mths ago
      Heads up Martians. Expect suicide space ship bombers coming at you in 20 years or so.
    • Tom  •  7 mths ago
      Welcome to the 1950s, Iran.
      • Andrew Yap 7 mths ago
        roflmfao i know right, its like wow u still cant launch a man to the moon? cmon, russia, japan, and i think even china can do it, dam, just shows how outdated some countries are with respect to technology.
      • speedy gonzales 7 mths ago
        So the majority of countries are living in the 1940s? , nerd!
    • Unkle Splink  •  7 mths ago
      next time try a live monkey instead of hanging it before the launch for not preaying to allah
    • Smokes  •  7 mths ago
      Thought For sure the monkey would have flown the rocket into a building while screaming Allahu Akbar! Guess they will stone him now and cut off his wife's Bananas.
    • twoold4idol  •  7 mths ago
      They launched their President???
    • FINALLY  •  7 mths ago
      They have taken the monkey as their new leader as it has 100 times more intelligence than amajihademmn
    • Legion of Doom  •  7 mths ago
      This proves Iran is about a century behind the rest of the world. The sad things is, it's one of the oldest civilizations on the planet.
    • Jley  •  7 mths ago
      This has nothing to do with space this is rocket testing for nuclear warheads.
    • lightspeed  •  7 mths ago
      guess the monkey died .. went to heaven and got 72 virgin monkeys' all with burka's lol!
    • Motorcat  •  7 mths ago
      Prayers for the monkey and his family
    • ;-D  •  7 mths ago
      Space monkey is so racist!
    • Totemkomph  •  7 mths ago
      Did they admit failure with assissnation on US soil yet? Not an easy pill to swallow.
    • Lamont  •  7 mths ago
      The monkey was shot as an Isreali spy!
    • Antelope  •  7 mths ago
      Man, I hope PETA is on their way to Iran to protest! That would make me sooo happy.
    • IntellectualDementia  •  7 mths ago
      this entire launch is pointless until you develop the technology to send bananas into space
    • Juan Huang Lo  •  7 mths ago
      Well, this news certainly explains why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been out of the news lately.
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