Iran Sent a Monkey Into Space

Iran claims that it sent a living organism into space for the first time ever, without help from any other countries—and brought it back alive. Iran’s state controlled media announced the news this morning, without giving much detail, but had previously announced last month that a specially designed “bio-capsule” would soon be launched on one of their Kavoshgar (Explorer) 5 rockets, as a “prelude to sending humans into space.”

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