DEPLOYDatabase

Partnership

CMSA x Pakistan SUPARCO (Astronaut Program)

China and Pakistan signed an agreement on the selection and training of astronauts, with a Pakistani astronaut to participate as a payload specialist in a short-term flight mission aboard China's Tiangong space station.

development · Active · operating


Machine-readable surfaces

273da538-1808-4974-9ba1-f8ce8ef4df9b
Type
development
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2025-02-28
1.5 years ago
Active for
1.5 years

Who’s involved

China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) is the government agency responsible for administering China's human spaceflight program, established in June 1993. It oversees the [Tiangong space station](/models/tiangong-space-station), [Shenzhou](/models/shenzhou) crewed missions, and [Tianzhou](/models/tianzhou) cargo resupply missions, and is working toward a crewed lunar landing by 2030 using the Long March-10 rocket, Mengzhou spacecraft, and Lanyue lunar lander.

HQBeijing, China1 partnerships

Off-registry parties

  • SUPARCO · other

Related partnerships

Recent partnerships of the same kind

Sources (1)

  1. https://english.scio.gov.cn/m/chinavoices/2026-02/27/content_118349883.html

Deploy Watch

Track this partnership.

We notify you when the status changes against primary-source evidence, expansion is verified, or the partnership is terminated.