Pakistan has decided to launch its first
manned mission in 2022, the same year that India has planned to launch its own
manned space mission.
Collaboration with China
For the mission, an agreement between
Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and a Chinese
company has already been signed.
Space Race with India?
Pakistan's plan to send a human to space is aimed for the
same year that India plans to launch its own manned human space mission.
The major difference between the two missions is that while
ISRO's mission will be their own, Pakistan will do so with China's help.
India's ambitious space mission was
announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address
this year. If successful, the mission would make India the fourth nation in the
word to do so.
China had launched its first manned space
mission in 2003, becoming the third country in the world to independently
develop a manned spaceflight, after Russia and the United States.
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