[caption id="attachment_151614" align="alignright" width="166"] Iran's mock-up of manned spacecraft[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran on Tuesday unveiled the mock-up of a homegrown spacecraft that is capable of carrying astronauts into space. The spaceship, built on one-to-one scale, was put on display in an exhibition of Irans latest achievements ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 8 (MNA) The head of Aeronautics Systems Research Center of Irans Aerospace Agency has said the general health of space monkeys is satisfactory. Dr. Mohammad Ebrahimi told Mehr News that Fargam was leading normal living conditions. In recent 3 weeks since it returned earth, the monkey has experienced no unusual physical conditions,...

Iran said Saturday it has successfully sent a monkey into space for a second time, part of an ambitious program aimed at manned space flight. Iran's state TV said that the launch of the rocket dubbed Pajohesh, or Research in Farsi, was Iran's first use of liquid fuel. It reached a height of 120 kilometres. It said the monkey, named Fargam or Auspicious,...

By Fars News Agency