China has named the two Pakistani astronauts selected to train for a mission to its space station this year, Xinhua said on Wednesday. After undergoing assessments, one of the men will serve as a payload specialist on a space mission alongside the Chinese crew to become the first foreign astronaut to enter the Tiangong space station. Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud will soon arrive in China for their training, according to the China Manned Space Agency. They were selected after China and...

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