Iran Space Industries Group

Type: Company

Name: Iran Space Industries Group

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Iran to send second monkey into space within a year

Azerbaijan, Baku, May.14/ Trend F.Karimov/Iran will send its second monkey into space by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2014), or early next year, the Mehr News Agency quoted the Iran Space Agency Research Centre director Mohammad ... [Published Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies - May 14 2013]

Entities: Iran, Iran Space Industries Group, Baku

First reported Feb 02 2013 - Updated Feb 02 2013 - 1 reports

Iran Space Monkey Fake? Experts Dismiss Iran's Rocket Launch Announcement As Monkey Business

Iran's recent announcement about the successful launch of a small monkey into space was greeted with a healthy dose of skepticism when pictures of the creature in its custom "car seat" first surfaced online. But now, experts have stepped up their ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Feb 02 2013]

Entities: Iran Space Industries Group, Iran, Fake

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Jan 31 2013 - 1 reports

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran's Bio-Capsule Comes Back from Space

File image: Pishgam (Pioneer) explorer rocket.Iran announced on Monday that it has sent a monkey into the space on the back of Pishgam (Pioneer) explorer rocket and that it has brought back and recovered the living cargo.Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad ... [Published Space Daily - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: Iran, Aerospace Industries Organization, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Aerospace

First reported Jan 28 2013 - Updated Jan 29 2013 - 1 reports

Iran Space Monkey: Kavoshgar Rocket Reportedly Launches Primate Into Space

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, the Fars news agency reported on Monday, lauding it as an advance in a missile and space program that has alarmed the West and Israel. There was no independent confirmation of ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 28 2013]

Entities: Iran Space Industries Group, Iran, missile, Tehran

First reported Jan 19 2013 - Updated Jan 19 2013 - 1 reports

Iran Space Monkey: Iranians To Try Again To Put Primates Into Outer Space, Reports Say

By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 01/15/2013 03:30 PM EST on SPACE.com Iranian space officials announced they will make another attempt to launch a live monkey into space within the next month, according to news reports. "Testing phase of ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 19 2013]

Entities: Iran Space Industries Group, Iran, Space Travel, Cosmonaut, White Sands (United States)

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"Sending Explorer and retrieving it was the first step for sending human to the space in later stages" Vahidi said, adding that he would soon announce some good news in the same regard

Iran Takes First Step to Send Man to Space [Published Space Daily - Jan 31 2013]

"These monkeys will be sent into space according to a timetable on Fajr Ceremonies" Fazeli said, referring to a 10-day period in the beginning of February when the Iranian Revolution is commemorated...

Iran Space Monkey: Iranians To Try Again To Put Primates Into Outer Space, Reports Say [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - Jan 19 2013]