Pak to send its 1st astronaut to space in 2022 with China's help
Pakistan's Minister of Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said the country would send a Pakistani astronaut to space for the first time in 2022. An agreement between Pakistan's space agency SUPARCO and a Chinese company has already been signed, the Minister added. Earlier this year, Pakistan launched two indigenously built satellites into orbit, using a Chinese launch vehicle.