Iran plans to send Explorer-5 data gathering machine carrying a monkey into the air in the near future.

Head of Iran’s Aerospace Agency Hamid Fazeli said that scientific data gathering machine will be placed in the air at the altitude of 120 kilometers with a 285-kilogramme capsule carrying a monkey, IRNA news agency reports.

It is noted that in the advanced stage, Iranian space program aims to send a man to the space.