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Astronaut from Pakistan will be 1st international visitor to China's Tiangong space station

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By Andrew Jones published yesterday

The coming mission will mark the first international astronaut participation in China's space station program.

Artist's illustration of China's Tiangong space station. (Image credit: China Manned Space Engineering Office)

China is training Pakistani astronauts for selection for a short-duration visit to its Tiangong space station.

"Two selected Pakistani astronauts will participate in training together with Chinese astronauts. One of them will be scheduled to carry out a short-duration flight mission as a payload expert," Zhang Jingbo, spokesperson for the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), told reporters on Thursday (Oct. 30).

Zhang was speaking at a press conference at Jiuquan spaceport a day ahead of the launch of the Shenzhou 21 crewed mission. Shenzhou 21 launched on Friday (Oct. 31), sending commander Zhang Lu and rookie astronauts Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang to Tiangong.