Iranian space officials announced Monday (Jan. 28) that they have successfully launched a live monkey into space, inching closer to the Islamic republic's goal of a manned mission, according to ...

Iran claimed today that it had successfully sent a second monkey into space and brought it back to Earth safely. In a statement on his official English-language site, President Hassan Rouhani said ...

Report%3A Monkey was sent up in a Pishtam%2C or Explorer%2C rocket Monkey reportedly returned safely U.S. concerned tech from Iran%27s space program could be used elsewhere TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A ...

Iran announced today (Jan. 28) that it had successfully launched a live monkey on a spaceflight and recovered the animal alive after landing. The move is a prelude to sending humans into space ...

Soon after Iranian officials announced they'd sent a monkey to space, close observers started wondering if the Iranians had been, as the saying goes, just monkeying around. IE 11 is not supported.

Iran has successfully launched a monkey into space for the second time on Dec. 14 and returned it safely to Earth after a 15-minute rocket ride, according to Iranian officials.

"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.

Before Yuri Gargarin jetted into space and Neil Armstrong walked on the dusty surface of the moon, animals like dogs, monkeys and chimps became the world's first astronauts. As the Earth, the ...

As part of what Iran states is a step toward launching its own manned mission to space, the country claims to have sent a monkey into space on a rocket, and recovered it alive after it returned to ...

The first monkey to enter orbit was a rhesus named Albert I, who rode into space aboard a US military V-2 rocket in 1948, but tragically suffocated and died during the flight. Update : Iran has ...

Before Yuri Gargarin jetted into space and Neil Armstrong walked on the dusty surface of the moon, animals like dogs, monkeys and chimps became the world's first astronauts. As the Earth, the ...