TEHRAN, 2013, Jan. 28 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran has sent one monkey into space aboard a bio-capsule with a rocket of type Kavoshgar-4. The rocket reached a height of more than 120 km and returned its shipment intact. The next step is to send a Kavoshgar-5 to a height of 175 km with a...
Deputy Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the Islamic Republic plans to soon send second living creature into space in the near future.
Fazeli said Saturday that the living organism would be sent to space on board a liquid-fuel carrier within the next 45 days.
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GSLV-D5 Launch Called-Off
The Launch of the GSLV-D5 scheduled for 1650 hrs today (August 19, 2013) is called off, as a leak is observed in the UH25 fuel system of the liquid second stage during the pre-launch pressurisation phase on the vehicle just two hours before the scheduled lift-off...