Iran Sends 'Mystery Animals' Into Space on Rocket
This video captures the moment Iran launched a rocket ‘carrying animals’ into space. But what animals were on board?
The ’Salman’ capsule is a step towards sending humans into orbit.
It successfully travelled to a height of 80 miles, according to Iran’s Telecommunications Minister.
It is unclear what animals were inside the 450kg rocket this time.
But Iran has sent multiple animals into space before, including rats, turtles and worms.
The most famous passenger on an Iranian rocket was this monkey.
It was the second monkey Iran sent to space and safely returned in 2013.
The first one didn’t survive…
As Iran gets closer to human spaceflight, western countries are worried that the same technology could be used for developing long-range weapons.
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