The primate travelled in a Pishgam rocket, which reached an altitude of some 120km for a sub-orbital flight before "returning its shipment intact", the defence ministry said. Read more
Iranian space officials announced they will make another attempt to launch a live monkey into space within the next month, according to news reports. Read more
Iran said that it plans to send more living creatures into the space on the back of Kavoshgar (Explorer) rocket after the holy month of Ramadan (later in August). Read more
Iran has acknowledged that its attempt to send a live monkey into space has turned out to be a failure. The project, unveiled in February by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, envisaged launching a capsule with life support using the Kavoshgar-5 rocket to an altitude of 120 kilometres for a 20-minute suborbital flight. Read more