Launch
Pakistani astronaut set to become 1st international visitor to China's Tiangong space station this month
Space.com · By Andrew Jones ·
The Brief
- A Pakistani astronaut is set to launch on China's Shenzhou 24 mission in the coming weeks.
- The astronaut would be the first international visitor to China's Tiangong space station.
- A pair of Pakistani astronaut candidates have been training at the Astronaut Centre of China.
Why it matters
It marks the first time a non-Chinese astronaut is reported to visit Tiangong, a sign of expanding international access to China's crewed space station.
Who’s affected
- space researchers and human spaceflight observers
- anyone following international cooperation in crewed spaceflight
- Shenzhou 24
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An astronaut from Pakistan is set to launch on China's Shenzhou 24 mission in the coming weeks and become the first-ever international visitor to the Tiangong space station. A pair of astronaut candidates from Pakistan have been training at the Astronaut Centre of China in…
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Space.com reports that a Pakistani astronaut is set to launch on Shenzhou 24 in the coming weeks
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Pakistani astronaut set to become 1st international visitor to China's Tiangong space station this month