Just in! A Pakistani astronaut will soon enter China’s space station as a payload specialist — marking a new milestone in China-Pakistan space cooperation!
Two Pakistani astronauts will train with their Chinese counterparts, and one will join a short-duration mission aboard the Chinese space station, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference today. 🌏🤝🇨🇳🇵🇰
The China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) and the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) signed a cooperation agreement on the spaceflight of Pakistani astronaut to the Chinese space station in February.
Under the agreement, the Chinese government will select and train a group of Pakistani astronauts, and one of them will be the first foreign astronaut to enter the Chinese space station.
The selection process will last about a year, and the Pakistani astronauts will join a comprehensive and systematic training camp in China. After that, Pakistani astronauts will carry out short-term flight missions in batches together with their Chinese counterparts in the space station in the next few years.
