Iran blasts primate into orbit

**cronus71** · 28th January 2013

By Ben Rankin

Space monkey: Iran blasts primate into orbit and claims it survived rocket mission

28 Jan 2013 12:20
It gave no other details on the timing or location of the launch, but said the monkey returned safely

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Iran today (Monday January 28) claimed to have blasted a monkey into space - and that it survived the mission.
State media said the monkey was sent 70 miles up in a rocket.
It gave no other details on the timing or location of the launch, but said the monkey returned safely.
"Iran successfully launched a capsule, codenamed Pishgam (Pioneer), containing a monkey and recovered the shipment on the ground intact," said the statement by the defence ministry's aerospace department.
A previous attempt in 2011 to put a monkey into space failed. No official explanation was given.
Iran has said it seeks to send an astronaut into space as part of its ambitious aerospace program.
In 2010, Iran said it launched a rocket into space carrying a mouse, turtle and worms.
The US and its allies worry that technology from the space programme could also be used to develop long-range missiles that could potentially be armed with nuclear warheads.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-n...claims-1560243

**BigBrand** · 28th January 2013

If it'd have died I would have gone ape shit!

**blacksheep** · 28th January 2013

First step for icbms...

**consoles** · 28th January 2013

Well done Iran, your only 50 years behind the rest of the world.

**Mule** · 28th January 2013

Send a person you cunts, doubt it would be hard to get a volunteer.

**macmilm** · 28th January 2013

Would be better if they blasted about 78 million people into space....

**blacksheep** · 28th January 2013

Originally Posted by consoles

Well done Iran, your only 50 years behind the rest of the world.

They're a good bit more than that if you look at some of their other ideas.

**macmilm** · 28th January 2013

Someone told me they got electricity this year !!!

**BigBird** · 28th January 2013

Worked with some Iranian engineers a few years ago. Very clever guys. And also decent friendly respectful people. Unfortunate that the Iranian people have to suffer because of the fanatical undemocratic regime they live under which holds the country back. (">