The CMSA spokesperson was speaking with the media at Jiuquan in northwestern China.
In February, CMSA had announced that China plans to send an astronaut from its all-weather ally Pakistan as its first foreign guest to its space station, currently orbiting 400 kms above the earth.
This followed an agreement signed between CMSA and Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission in Islamabad.
After the agreement, CMSA said the space station named Tiangong is expected to welcome its first foreign visitor, a Pakistani astronaut.
The agreement included bilateral efforts to select and train Pakistani astronauts and then send some of them to China’s Tiangong space station, which has been in orbit for nearly four years.
China has also been launching satellites for Pakistan for the past few years. PTI KJV NPK NPK