On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed ...
Iran, of course, isn't the first country to kill a monkey in space. A 2009 NPR article noted that monkey flights failed for over a decade after America first tried to send the animal into space in ...