Pakistan to select two astronauts to train for its first manned space mission with China

Pakistan has initiated the selection process for the country’s first ever manned space mission expected to go onboard the Tiangong Space Station, Associated Press of Pakistan on Wednesday quoted a spokesperson for the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) as confirming.

In February, PM Shehbaz Sharif announced that Pakistan will send a manned mission to space in collaboration with China.

Subsequently, Pakistan’s space agency Suparco called for proposals for innovative experiments to be...