Iran is about to bring living creatures to space

Iranian scientists announced on Sept. 7 that they will take live creatures into space in the next 45 days with a spacecraft using liquid materials.

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The official news agency Fars quoted the deputy director of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli, saying Iran uses spacecraft to use liquid materials for safer, though slow speeds.

Earlier this year, Iran announced it had launched a device that used the codename Pishgam - The pioneer carrying a monkey to live on space at a height of 120km and reclaimed the device on the ground in an original way. integrity.

The monkey that Iran claims to have taken to space on January 27 after returning to Earth.(Photo: PressTV)

This is part of the "preparation process to bring people into space" expected in 2020 by Iran.

Fazeli pointed out that from now until the end of 2013 according to the Persian calendar (ending March 20, 2014), Iran plans to launch homemade satellites named Tadbir, Sharifsat and Nahid into orbit.

As a founding member of the United Nations Commission on Aerospace Peace Use, Iran has launched into the first data-processing satellite space made by the country itself, Omid (Hope) in the year. 2009.

Next, the country launched the second satellite named Rassad (Observation), capable of taking photos on orbit in June 2011. Earlier, Iran also had several times to bring rats, turtles, cuckoo and worms into orbit.

Iran's space program worries Western countries that Tehran could develop ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads.

However, Tehran said the country only put satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters in the country that frequently struck the earthquake, and improved communications and expanded military surveillance in the country. area.