Iran launches rocket carrying animals into orbit

Iran has launched a rocket into orbit carrying what state-owned Al-Alam televison report as an "experimental capsule". The Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket is reportedly carrying a capsule with live animals including a rat, turtles and worms. Footage shown on state television shows the rocket being fired from a launch pad. President Ahmadinejad praised the launch of the satellite and the progress his country was making in its space programme. More

(Source: BBC News - Feb 3)