Pakistani Astronaut to Board Shenzhou 24 and Become the First Foreigner on China's Space Station
The mission would make the unnamed astronaut the first foreign national on Beijing’s space station and marks China’s first joint crewed flight with a foreign astronaut.
- A Pakistani astronaut will join the crew of China's Shenzhou 24 spacecraft, becoming the first foreign national to board Beijing's space station, state media reported Saturday.
- China and Pakistan signed an agreement in February 2025 facilitating the mission, after candidates Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud began training alongside Chinese counterparts earlier this year.
- Training focused on hands-on operational capabilities and included "intensive Chinese language instruction," according to Xinhua, China's official news agency.
- The mission marks the first joint flight involving Chinese and foreign astronauts in China Manned Space Agency history, with the astronaut scheduled to return to Earth aboard Shenzhou 23.
- China is preparing for a crewed lunar landing by 2030, while NASA aims to land astronauts on the lunar surface in 2028, positioning both nations in an intensifying space race.
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A Pakistani astronaut will become the first foreigner to visit the Chinese space station, announced on Saturday the Chinese Space Flight Agency (CMSA), quoted by France Presse. Pakistan and China have maintained close diplomatic and strategic relations for decades and signed in February 2025 an agreement for a training programme of ...
The Chinese Resident Space Agency announced on Saturday that a Pakistani astronaut would participate in the Shincho-24 mission as a cargo specialist.
Pakistani Astronaut to Join China's Shenzhou-24 Crewed Mission
A Pakistani astronaut is set to join China's Shenzhou-24 crewed space mission as a payload specialist, marking a significant milestone in space cooperation between the two countries, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Saturday.
For the first time, a foreign astronaut is going to the Chinese space station. The Chinese space agency CMSA reports that a Pakistani specialist is joining the Shenzhou-24 crew.
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