Pakistan's national space agency, SUPARCO and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) have signed a cooperation agreement for Pakistan's first astronaut mission to the Chinese Space Station (CSS) Tiangong.

Under the Agreement, two Pakistani astronauts will undergo training in at the Astronaut Centre of China.

One of them will be selected to join a future mission aboard China’s Tiangong Space Station as a scientific payload specialist.

The astronaut is expected to conduct a range of experiments in microgravity, including research in biology, material science, medical studies, fluid dynamics, and space radiation areas that could yield insights with practical benefits on Earth.