(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hamid Fazeli noted that the Explorer-5 scientific data gathering machine will be placed in the air at the altitude of 120 kilometers with a 285-kilogramme capsule carrying a monkey.
He said “Putting the Explorer-5 data gathering machine in the space will be a step forward in technological and biological research studies with the aim of sending human being into space. ”
In the advanced stage, Iranian space program aims to send a man to the space.
A rat, a turtle and a few worms were part of an Iranian flight in 2010. Experts sounded upbeat about outcome of the data obtained from former missions into the aerospace.
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