Iran State TV says the nation's space agency aims to send an astronaut to space within the next decade while now struggling technologically with efforts to advance its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
One of the aims of Tehran's 10-year space programme is to send a manned rocket into space," said Reza Taghipour, the head of Iran's aerospace organisation. "Within the next six months to one year, the exact date of this mission will be determined," he added.
Last Sunday, Iran test-fired a rocket capable of carrying a satellite into orbit. The Iranian state news agency IRNA reported that an Iranian carrier rocket, Safir, had successfully orbited the country's first domestically built satellite, called Omid (Hope) but American intelligence has disputed the claim saying the rocket failed. Video of the launch HERE.
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