President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that he’s ready to take the risk of being the first Iranian astronaut sent into space as part of Iran’s goal of a manned space flight. “I’m ready to be the first Iranian to sacrifice myself for our country’s scientists,” the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying in […]
Syrian astronaut defected and fled to Turkey
Turkish Anatolia news agency reported that Syrian Air Force pilot Mohammed Ahmed Ferris ( pictured first from left) who became the first Syrian astronaut, fled to Turkey on Sunday after he announced his defection from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The agency also reported that before crossing into Turkey he stopped at the headquarters […]