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Iran Sends a Monkey into Space (Video), PressTV
“According to Iran state media, Iran launched a suborbital rocket last week with a monkey onboard and recovered the capsule a short time later with the monkey still alive. The space capsule was code-named Pishgam (Pioneer).”
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Rumor has it once the booster was up and away , the monkey wanted to defect .
Seriously , I wonder if this event even occurred at all.
 Seriously , I wonder if this event even occurred at all.
We should interview the monkey.
Monkey see, Monkey do.
“Iranian space monkey”, wasn’t that one of Carnac the Magnificent’s insults of Ed McMahon?