Iran wants to get into the manned spaceflight business, too
Iran To Launch First Manned Spaceflight By 2021
Tehran, Iran (RIA) Feb 16, 2009 - Iran will send its first man into space on board its own spacecraft by 2021, the head of Iran's Aerospace Agency announced on Thursday.
"Scientific research has already begun in Iran," Reza Tagipur was quoted by Iranian media as saying. "According to our plans, a successful Iranian manned spaceflight will be carried out before 2021. India and China were able to send their astronaut ... more
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