China To Train Pakistani Astronauts For Future Space Missions

the Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and a Long March-2F rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Credit: Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo
SEOUL—The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) will select and train two Pakistani astronauts, one of whom will serve as a payload specialist onboard the Tiangong space station. This initiative follows a cooperation agreement signed in February between the China Manned Space Engineering Office and the...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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