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Iranian astronauts in space by 2017

Tehran, Iran - President Ahmadinejad said project is in line with Iran space agency program

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said Thursday Iran will send the country's first astronauts to space in seven years' time, local satellite "Press TV" reported. "The plan is in line with an Iran space agency program to produce and place in orbit a spacecraft at an altitude of more than 35,000 km", the report quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. The country's growth and scientific breakthroughs...

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Rome, Italy, 08/11/2010 14:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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