First monkey in January Iran said it sent its first monkey into space in January, reaching the same height of 120 kilometres.

On June 14, 1949, a rhesus monkey named Albert II was launched into space aboard a V-2 rocket from White Sands, New Mexico. Prior to Albert II, animals including fruit flies, mice, and another ...

And then, on November 29, 1961, another chimp - Enos - became the first chimp to orbit the Earth. France launched Martine, a pig-tailed macaque monkey, on March 7, 1967.

Source: MSNBC.com Monkeys in space "A monkey may be sent to Mars, under plans unveiled by Russian scientists," The Daily Telegraph reports.