BEIJING/ISLAMABAD: China plans to send an astronaut from its all-weather ally Pakistan as the first foreign guest to its space station Tiangong.
China and Pakistan on Friday signed an agreement including bilateral efforts to select and train Pakistani astronauts and then send some of them to Tiangong, currently orbiting 400 kilometres above the earth, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a news release here.
The agreement to send the Pakistani astronaut in space was signed by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) and Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) at a ceremony attended by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, state-run China Daily reported.