{"id":55581,"date":"2023-10-09T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/iran-working-on-sending-own-astronaut-into-space-within-5-years"},"modified":"2023-10-09T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:22:53","slug":"iran-working-on-sending-own-astronaut-into-space-within-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/iran-working-on-sending-own-astronaut-into-space-within-5-years","title":{"rendered":"Iran Working on Sending Own Astronaut Into Space Within 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Iran is working on sending a man to space in the next five years, Iranian Communications Minister Eisa Zarepour stated on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the coming one to two months we will carry out the first tests of a biocapsule designed to send astronauts into space&#8230; There is hope that in the coming five years we will be able to send an Iranian astronaut into space,&#8221; Zarepour was quoted as saying by an Iranian news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Iran was one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in 1958. In 1998, Tehran unveiled its first medium-range ballistic missile, Shahab-3. In 1985, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Air Force was established, renamed into IRGC Aerospace Force in 2009. In April 2020, it successfully launched Iran&#8217;s first homegrown military satellite, Noor-I, followed by the second one, Noor-II, in March 2022. In September 2023, Tehran put the Noor-III military satellite into orbit 450 kilometers (279.6 miles) above the Earth&#8217;s surface with the Qased carrier rocket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. 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