A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said today in what was described as a step toward Tehran's ...

TEHRAN: Iran said on Saturday that it had safely returned a monkey to Earth after blasting it into space in the second such launch this year in its controversial ballistic programme.

14 May 2013 Iran will send its second monkey into space by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2014), or early next year, the Mehr News Agency quoted the Iran Space Agency Research ...

Brian Cox and Robin Ince have delved into the Monkey Cage back catalogue to hear from astronauts and some very well known would-be space explorers, about their passion for space travel.