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China's Tiangong space station is expected to welcome its first foreign visitor — a Pakistani astronaut who will likely become the first from the nation to fly in outer space, according to a heavyweight cooperation agreement. ▲ The Shenzhou XIX crew members work at China's space station. The agreement, signed by the China Manned Space Agency and Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission at a ceremony in Islamabad on Friday, covers the bilateral efforts to select and train Pakistani astronauts and then send some of them to China's Tiangong space station, which has been in orbit for nearly four years. Its signing, witnessed by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, marks the first time for China to help a foreign nation select and train astronauts, and also the first time for Tiangong to expect a non-Chinese visitor, the agency said in a news release. It said the two sides will spend about one year to complete the selection process and then send the Pakistani cand
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