Iran to send living creature to space in two years
17:31, 7 October 2009
MOSCOW. October 7. KAZINFORM Iran plans to send a living creature into space within the next two years, the Fars news agency has reported; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
"We will launch a bio-capsule containing a living creature into space," Mohsen Bahrami, head of Iran's Aerospace Center, was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
"We are currently working on the program," he said without specifying the "living creature."
Iran had previously said it would put live animals into space as part of its plan to launch a manned spaceflight by 2021; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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