Pakistani astronaut to join China’s Shenzhou...

Summary

• A Pakistani astronaut is set to make history by joining China’s Shenzhou-24 mission to its Tiangong space station, marking the first time a foreign astronaut will take part in China’s crewed space programme.
• The China Manned Space Agency, as reported by state broadcaster CCTV, said the Pakistani astronaut would undertake a short-term stay aboard the space station before returning to Earth on the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft.
• The mission will mark the first joint spaceflight involving Chinese and foreign astronauts in the history of China’s human space programme.

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A Pakistani astronaut is set to make history by joining China’s Shenzhou-24 mission to its Tiangong space station, marking the first time a foreign astronaut will take part in China’s crewed space programme.