Pakistanski astronaut pridružit će se kao prvi stranac kineskoj svemirskoj postaji tijekom ovogodišnje misije Shenzhou-24, u sklopu bilateralne suradnje unutar pekinške inicijative “Pojas i put”, izvijestili su u subotu kineski državni mediji.

Prvi strani posjetitelj svemirske postaje sudjelovat će u misiji kao stručnjak za teret (payload specialist), objavila je televizijska kuća CCTV, pozivajući se na Kinesku agenciju za svemirske letove s ljudskom posadom.

Kina nije otkrila identitet astronauta, no dužnosnik pakistanske svemirske agencije izjavio je za Reuters u rujnu da su piloti Zeeshan Ali i Khurram Daud proveli mjesece na obuci u Kineskom centru za istraživanje i obuku astronauta u Pekingu, pripremajući se za misiju.

First foreign astronaut to board Chinese space station:

A Pakistani astronaut will join the Shenzhou-24 crewed flight mission as a payload specialist, said the China Manned Space Agency on November 7, 2026.

The newly released Shenzhou-24 mission patch features jasmine, Pakistan’s national flower, adorning the “SZ-24” lettering.

With China’s space station going to receive the first foreign visitor, the mission will mark the first joint flight involving Chinese and foreign astronauts in the history of the country’s manned space program. After completing a short on-orbit flight, the Pakistani astronaut will return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft.

In February 2025, China and Pakistan signed a cooperation agreement on astronaut selection, training and participation in Chinese space station flight missions in Islamabad, officially launching astronaut selection from Pakistan.

After a rigorous three-stage selection and assessment process, two Pakistani reserve astronauts were selected. After completing all training and passing the evaluation in China, one will carry out the crewed flight mission while the other will serve as a backup.

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Peking još nije objavio datum misije.

CCTV navodi da će se astronaut, nakon završetka kratkotrajnog leta u orbiti, vratiti na Zemlju letjelicom Shenzhou-23.

Ovo je prvi zajednički svemirski let u kojem sudjeluju kineski i strani astronauti u povijesti kineskog programa svemirskih letova s ​​ljudskom posadom, a sve se odvija u okviru pekinške “svemirske diplomacije”.