Two Pakistani astronauts, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud, are undergoing joint training with Chinese astronauts at the Astronaut Research and Training Center for a future space mission. One will serve as a payload specialist on a short-term flight to the Chinese space station.
Two Pakistani astronauts are training in China for a future mission to the Chinese space station. They are undergoing joint training with Chinese astronauts and will include one payload specialist.
China successfully launched Pakistan's PRSC-EO3 satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province on Saturday night (April 18, 2026) using a Long March-6 carrier rocket. This marks the fourth Pakistani satellite China has launched since last year, expanding the all-weather China-Pakistan alliance into space cooperation. Additionally, two Pakistani astronauts arrived in Beijing on April 24 for training at the Astronaut Centre of China, with one set to become the first foreign astronaut aboard China's Tiangong space station.
China has selected two Pakistani astronauts, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud, for training to potentially join a future mission to the Tiangong space station, marking a significant step in bilateral space cooperation.
China has selected Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud as Pakistan's first astronauts to train for a mission to China's Tiangong space station this year. The China Manned Space Agency announced the astronauts will soon arrive in China for training, calling it a milestone in international cooperation and a demonstration of China's commitment to sharing its space development with the international community.
