Space Program
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Russia seeking to build its own space station
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia on Thursday announced that it is working on the development of a new multifunctional space station.
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VIDEO: SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, misses rocket landing
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – SpaceX successfully launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit on Monday but didn't quite stick the landing of its Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket's first stage failed to land on a SpaceX's drone ship landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean and made a landing in the ocean next to the drone ship.
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Iran reacts to France claims against its space program
TEHRAN, Feb. 11 (MNA) – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi has dismissed the meddlesome comments by France over Iran's recent satellite launch, saying the country reserves a “natural right” to conduct its space activities in line with the technological growth plans.
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Iran achieves knowledge of building space engines: ISRC head
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Space Research Center says the country is now capable of manufacturing space engines.
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Iran determined to continue its space, missile program: Takht Ravanchi
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi refuted some European countries’ claims about Iran’s missile program highlighting that Tehran is determined to boost its missile and space programs.
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Russia warns against militarization of space by US
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) – Russia has consistently opposed the idea of space militarization, but the actions of the US and its allies force Moscow to counterbalance this growing threat, President Vladimir Putin has said.
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VIDEO: China sends two satellites into orbit
TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province on 23 September 2019.
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US use of sanctions threat to its own economic power: Zarif
TEHRAN, Sep.4 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, reacting to the new round of US sanctions targeting Iran’s space program, said on Wednesday that “US’ excessive use of sanctions is enacting as a threat to the country’s own economic power.”
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ICT min. reacts to US new sanctions on Iran's space program
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Iranian Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi reacted to a recent decision by the United States on targeting the Islamic Republic's space program with new sanctions.
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VIDEO: NASA provides pictures of Hurricane Dorian from space
TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – NASA satellites have captured pictures of massive hurricane named Dorian which has battered sections of the Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Caribbean.
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VIDEO: India launches Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft to Moon
TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – Indian Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft has been successfully inserted into Earth's orbit after being launched from Sriharikota on Monday.
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Iran against using outer space as a weapon: envoy
TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iran's permanent envoy to UN and other Vienna-based intl. organizations, Kazem Gharibabadi said that Tehran is against measures which would weaponize the outer space.
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VIDEO: First-ever plant sprout on Moon
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – A Chinese rover which has become the first probe to land on the far side of the Moon has beamed back images that contain the first-ever plants to sprout in that area.
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Iran congrats China on historic moon landing
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to China Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh in a message on Sunday congratulated China on what appears to be a successful landing on the far side of the moon.
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By: Maryam Kamyab
Ministers visit achievements of Iranian Space Research Center
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Minister of Science Mansour Gholami, Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati, and ICT Minister Azari Jahromi paid a visit to the exhibition of Iranian Space Research Center achievements on Tuesday.
