|
Iran to
put monkey into space
Wednesday April 20, 2011 03:40:42 PM,
IANS
|
|
Related Articles |
|
Iran
announces new Islamic internet
Iran has announced it would launch an Islamic internet to counter
the influence of the US-dominated world wide web. "Iran will soon
create an internet that conforms to Islamic principles, to improve
its communication
» |
Tehran: Iran plans
to launch a monkey into space in mid-September, the ISNA news
agency said Wednesday, citing Iranian Space Agency head Hamid
Fazeli.
The monkey will be sent into orbit in a capsule carried by the
Kavoshgar-4 (or Explorer-4), rocket, which was test-launched with
a monkey doll on board in mid-March, RIA Novosti news agency
reported.
Iran announced an ambitious space programme in the mid-2000s. The
country launched the Kavoshgar 1 rocket into space in February
2008.
The Kavoshgar 2 rocket, carrying a space lab and a restoration
system, was launched in November 2008.
In February 2010, the Kavoshgar 3 rocket reportedly carried a test
capsule with a rat, a turtle and worms into space.
Western powers suspect Iran of using its space program to develop
ballistic missiles. Iran denies the allegations.
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Top
Stories |
|
India
launches Resourcesat-2, two other satellites
In a boost to India's remote sensing capability, the PSLV
C-16 rocket Wednesday launched Resourcesat-2 and two other
satellites from the spaceport here.
»
India to
launch five satellites by June
Space programme can help realise sustainable development: PM |
|
|
|
Most
Read |
|
Dharna at 62 places of Malegaon; demand for
local youths' release intensifies
More than 300 people at 62 places sat for a day-long dharna
April 19 demanding release of the local youths arrested in the 2006
Malegaon blast case and a ban on Hindutva
» |
|
Lucknow
Maulana issues fatwa against female foeticide
Alarmed by the latest census report
confirming a steep fall in the male-female ratio in Uttar Pradesh -
India's most populous state - a leading cleric from a prominent
Islamic seminary here
»
India's
population is 1.21 billion, gender imbalance worsens |
|
|
|
News Pick |
|
Super 30
founder is Europe magazine's global personality
Anand Kumar,
who founded Super 30, Bihar's free coaching centre which helps
economically backward students crack the IIT-JEE, has been selected
by
» |
|
Prof.
Ahsan Jan Qaisar: As I can remember him
This great scholar of Medieval Indian
history and one of the iconic historians to have been produced by
the AMU’s famous Department of History breathed his last on Friday,
15th April 2011.
Thanks to my teacher Mr. M. K.
» |
|
MP
Christians up in arms, demand CBI probe into 'profiling' order
The Christian community in the Bharatiya Janata
Party, (BJP), ruled central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are up in
arms and seething with anger over the state government's attempted
move to profile them. The
» |
|
Next five
year plan to aim at double-digit growth: Ashwani Kumar
India's 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to
2017-18) will focus on infrastructure
»
Plea to
increase welfare budget, scholarships for Muslims in 12th Plan |
|
Three
policemen named in Ishrat Jahan case transferred
Three
senior Gujarat Police officers, whose names figured in the Ishrat
Jahan alleged staged killing case, were transferred Tuesday on the
high court's orders to prevent them influencing the investigation.
Additional Director
» |
|
|
|
Picture of the Day |
|
 |
|
Prime
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife Mrs Gursharan Kaur
in a procession for laying wreath ceremony at Monument of
the Defenders of Motherland, at Astana, in Kazakhstan on
April 16, 2011.
(Photo:
Shivraj) |
|
|
|
|
Comments
|
Quick links