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Iran Aims to Put a Man in Space

State also hopes to aid other Muslim countries via satellite program

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2008 5:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Iran plans to send a manned mission into orbit within the next 10 years, the CBC reports. The news comes on the heels of a recent, and disputed, rocket launch the Iranians claim put a satellite, its first, into space. The country says its space...   Read full story »

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