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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

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This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claims to show a rocket with a capsule carrying animals as it is launched from an undisclosed location into orbit, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
December 6, 2023, 12:43 pm
Iran claims to send animals into space to prepare for human missions
Western countries suspicious Iranian space program could be used for military purposes
By AP
Iranian scientists surround a monkey before launching him into space, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Video)
December 14, 2013, 11:17 am
Iran sends second monkey into space
Rouhani says ape successfully returns on rocket running on liquid fuel, a first for the Islamic republic
By AP
Iranian scientists surround a monkey before launching him into space, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Video)
October 13, 2013, 6:21 am
Iran to send ‘second monkey’ into space
Mission ‘a prelude to sending humans on space missions,’ report says
By ToI Staff
Iranian scientists surround a monkey before launching him into space, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Video)
February 5, 2013, 2:36 am
Monkeying around? US unsure of Iran’s space claims
State Department spokeswoman says wart missing from returning astronaut’s photo
Space is the place (Illustration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by Arie Katz/The Times of Israel. Photo of M64 Spiral Galaxy CC BY NASA)
February 4, 2013, 4:41 pm
Ground control to Major Ahmadinejad
Iranian leader wants to be the ‘first human’ sent to space by Iran, thwarting ‘devil’s hatred’ of ‘Iranian greatness’
By Gabe Fisher
Iranian scientists surround a monkey before launching him into space, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Video)
February 2, 2013, 5:09 pm
No monkey business — Iran space official
Mohammad Ebrahimi says Pishgam, ‘pioneer’ in Persian, really did go into space, though one of the photos released wasn’t his
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Iranian scientists surround a monkey before launching him into space, Jan. 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Video)
From the WebFebruary 1, 2013, 6:38 pm
Is Iran’s space monkey a fake?
The Telegraph: Photographic evidence of primate launched into space by Tehran raises suspicions that it was a hoax
Chimpanzee "ham" in space suit is fitted into the biopack couch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 capsule #5 prior to its test flight, which was conducted on January 31, 1961 (photo credit: NASA/Wikimedia Commons)
January 30, 2013, 12:57 am
Iranian monkey launch ‘a publicity stunt,’ Israeli space expert says
Sending unguided rocket 120 kilometers into suborbit says nothing about Tehran’s ballistic missile capabilities, Tal Inbar contends
By Mitch Ginsburg and Ilan Ben Zion
A happy monkey. (Illustrative photo credit: CC BY oandresilva, Flickr)
January 28, 2013, 2:30 pm
Iran launches monkey into space
Successful flight seen as precursor to manned space exploration by the Islamic Republic
Chimpanzee "ham" in space suit is fitted into the biopack couch of the Mercury-Redstone 2 capsule #5 prior to its test flight, which was conducted on January 31, 1961 (photo credit: NASA/Wikimedia Commons)
January 15, 2013, 8:59 pm
Iran to launch a monkey into space
Islamic Republic ramps up its space program
By Greg Tepper
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