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title: "2023: Iran’s animal space odyssey."
description: Iran’s animal space launch, DARPA's LunA-10 lunar tech study, SpaceX's NASA demo, the latest on the Earth Observation with Aravind Ravichandran, and more!
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# [2023: Iran’s animal space odyssey.](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/171)

 Written by [Maria Varmazis](https://space.n2k.com/podcasts/t-minus/author/maria-varmazis) | Dec 6, 2023 9:41:46 PM

Summary

Iran claims it sent animals to space. DARPA picks its 14 faves to study what’s possible in lunar services. SpaceX adds a key demo for NASA to its next Starship flight test plan. And we have the latest updates from the Earth Observation Market, and a look at the year that was, with our guest Aravind Ravichandran in our monthly Overview segment. And more!

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