Fargam
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| Species | Rhesus macaque |
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| Sex | Male |
| Notable role | Second astronaut monkey Launched into space by Iran |
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Fargam (Auspicious in Persian) is a male Rhesus macaque monkey launched into space by Iran. The mission was Iran's second successful and third overall attempt at launching a monkey into space; their first attempt in 2011 had failed as the animal died in space. The news was released by Iranian state TV which also showed footage of Fargam strapped inside the rocket. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani congratulated Iranian scientists afterwards, touting it as a "long step in getting the Islamic Republic of Iran closer to sending a man into space".[1]
Technology
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Skepticism
The launch was only announced after the completion of the mission. This, combined with a lack of immediate visual confirmation, resulted in skeptics claiming that Fargam had died during the flight. When Iran finally released footage of the launch, observers noted that the monkey in the capsule was different to Fargam, with darker hair and a prominent red mole over its left eye. The monkey displayed in the video of the launch was actually the monkey that had died in the earlier 2011 mission. Mohammad Ebrahimi, a spokesmen for the Iranian Space Agency, claimed that the team in charge of assembling promotional material accidentally used one of Fargam's backups for all the promotional material. Iran has always denied that the 2011 launch and the death of its rhesus monkey pilot ever took place.[3] Jonathan McDowell, a Canadian astronomer at Harvard who tracks rocket launches, confirmed that the monkey seen in the promotional material was the animal that had died in 2011, and that there was no reason to believe Fargam's flight was unsuccessful.[4]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iran launches second monkey into space | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iran Reports Sending Another Monkey Into Space". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2013-12-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Williams, Rob. "The mystery of the Iran space monkey is solved - the pictures showed the wrong animal, say Iranian officials". The Independent. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dehghan, Saeed Kamali. "Let's get the facts straight about Iran's space monkey". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
