{"id":24009,"date":"2013-01-28T12:57:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/01\/28\/285996\/iran-sends-living-creature-into-space\/"},"modified":"2013-01-28T12:57:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T11:57:14","slug":"iran-sends-living-creature-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/iran-sends-living-creature-into-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran sends living creature into space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran launched its first domestically-produced Omid (Hope) satellite in 2009 onboard Safir (Ambassador) carrier. (File photo)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Islamic Republic of Iran has sent a monkey into space aboard an indigenous bio-capsule as a prelude to sending humans into space.<\/p>\n

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\nThe space capsule, code-named Pishgam (Pioneer), was launched on Tuesday on the auspicious birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).<\/p>\n

On January 15, the director of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said because of biological similarities between humans and monkeys, the latter were selected for the space mission.<\/p>\n

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Fazeli further highlighted that the plan to send animals into the space is part of a broader project to send human beings on space missions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The ISA director stated that Iran\u2019s first manned mission to space would be launched within the next five to eight years.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in his remarks, Fazeli said the indigenous Sharifsat satellite will be put into the orbit by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2013).<\/p>\n

Iran launched its first indigenous satellite, Omid (Hope), in 2009. The country also sent its first bio-capsule containing living creatures into the space in February 2010, using the indigenous Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer-3) carrier.<\/p>\n

In June 2011, Iran put the 15.3-kilogram Rasad (Observation) orbiter in space. Rasad’s mission was to take images of the Earth and transmit them along with telemetry information to the ground stations.<\/p>\n

Iran also launched Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (Harbinger of Science and Industry), another indigenous satellite, into the orbit on February 3, 2012.<\/p>\n

The satellite was a telecom, measurement and scientific one, whose records were reportedly used in a wide range of fields.<\/p>\n

Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1959.<\/p>\n

MP\/MA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Iran launched its first domestically-produced Omid (Hope) satellite in 2009 onboard Safir (Ambassador) carrier. (File photo)<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The Islamic Republic of Iran has sent a monkey into space aboard an indigenous bio-capsule as a prelude to sending humans into space.<\/p>\n

\n.
\nThe space capsule, code-named Pishgam (Pioneer), was launched on Tuesday on the auspicious birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).<\/p>\n

On January 15, the director of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said because of biological similarities between humans and monkeys, the latter were selected for the space mission.<\/p>\n

\n

Fazeli further highlighted that the plan to send animals into the space is part of a broader project to send human beings on space missions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The ISA director stated that Iran’s first manned mission to space would be launched within the next five to eight years.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in his remarks, Fazeli said the indigenous Sharifsat satellite will be put into the orbit by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2013).<\/p>\n

Iran launched its first indigenous satellite, Omid (Hope), in 2009. The country also sent its first bio-capsule containing living creatures into the space in February 2010, using the indigenous Kavoshgar-3 (Explorer-3) carrier.<\/p>\n

In June 2011, Iran put the 15.3-kilogram Rasad (Observation) orbiter in space. Rasad’s mission was to take images of the Earth and transmit them along with telemetry information to the ground stations.<\/p>\n

Iran also launched Navid-e Elm-o Sanat (Harbinger of Science and Industry), another indigenous satellite, into the orbit on February 3, 2012.<\/p>\n

The satellite was a telecom, measurement and scientific one, whose records were reportedly used in a wide range of fields.<\/p>\n

Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which was set up in 1959.<\/p>\n

MP\/MA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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