You will become a Pakistani astronaut’s first foreign space on the Chinese space station Tiangong, while Beijing is intensifying space diplomacy with an increasing battle with the United States due to the orbit superiority. The mission of the Pakistani astronaut – which has not yet been chosen – is already narrowed between the two countries.
Last year, Pakistan sent a satellite to the moon on the Chinese lunar explorer, along with useful loads from the European Space Agency, France and Italy, according to the Chinese government media.
Tiangong is one of the currently operating spacecraft stations, next to the International Space Station, which was launched in 1998. Since its start in 2021, he has only received Chinese astronauts. Queena Parker, astronomical physicist and professor at Hong Kong University, said.
“When the construction of things properly, it builds something greater than the total parts, and this is true in the internationalization of the space station,” he said.
During a press conference on Wednesday (23), the manned space agency in China announced that the chosen astronaut will be a specialist in the load, and deals with daily tasks during the mission, as well as the scientific experiments of Pakistan.
Amjad Ali, Deputy Director of the Pakistani Space Agency, praised the news as a milestone for the Southern Asian nation, whose government renews its interest in its space program, which is more than 60 years.
“It is very important for Pakistan, as it is the first foreign country to enjoy astronauts by China and take the Chinese mission,” he told Reuters on Wednesday.
There he said that the Pakistani space heads will collect a list of five to 10 candidates for the mission next month, for the sake of China and then to two. The couple will then take the training for six months to a year, as one is eventually sent to space in early October next year, while another is a reserve, there.
Strategic partnership
The growing spatial relations of the two countries coincide with the growing economic cooperation and trade on the ground. Under the Economic Corridor in Beijing, Pakistani China, an important project in the Belt and Road Initiative, China invested in the infrastructure in northern and southern Pakistan, including the deep water port in the city of Guadar, in the southwest of the country, as well as multiple technical projects between the two countries.
It was an agreement signed in February between the two countries on space cooperation introduction, which was announced by the mission. On Tuesday (22), a delegation from Galaxy Space from the Chinese company Galaxy Space met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaybaz Sharif, according to a statement issued by the Sharif office.
The statement said that the delegation expressed “great interest in investing in the space technology industry in Pakistan and joint projects with Pakistani space technology institutions and private communications companies.” Sherif, who described China as a “friendly friend and strategic partner” from his country, said that Pakistan “is seeking to increase cooperation with China in the areas of space technology, satellite satellite and satellite Internet.”
Amer Gilani, who oversees cooperation on manned space flights on Supparco, said, said Amer Gilani, who oversees cooperation in manned spaces on Supparco, said, ” CNN Experiments to be conducted during the planned mission are still chosen, but it will have a “high scientific, industrial and social influence.”
China has evolved rapidly in its space in recent decades Moon exploration programs for ambitious and distant spaceBesides Expanding its space station.
This Thursday (24), another manned mission will be launched from the Jiuquan satellite center in northwestern China, with three astronauts to Tiangong.
The government media said that the Churcho -20 crew was a program that took off at 6:17 am (Brazilian time). The ninth manned task will be on the way to the Chinese space station since it was fully assembled in 2022.
The authorities of the inhabited space agency in China said at a press conference that the main goal of the task is to complete the rotation of the orbit with the Churcho-19 crew, which is scheduled to return to Earth on April 29.
As long as they are in space, astronauts will conduct scientific experiments and applications, and they will install a protection against spatial debris, as well as beneficial load equipment, and to perform recovery tasks according to the agency. The task will also transfer small animals and living organisms to the experiences of life sciences at the space station. Among them will be guards, property and steripum bacteria.
Government media said in December that China has signed nearly 200 international satellite cooperation with foreign countries and international organizations, which cover areas ranging from satellite development and moon exploration to manufactured space flights.
China’s space administration has announced that it has also agreed to the moon’s samples loan collected by the Chinese mission to explore the previous moon of seven institutions in six countries, including Pakistan.
“The current situation in the world is increasingly complicated – but it is important to maintain the spirit of access and cooperation this.”
