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| - | China’s Mars rover makes stunning discovery in search for evidence of ancient water [[https:// | + | Pakistani astronaut will become first foreign national to enter Chinese space station |
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| - | Mars may have once hosted an ocean with waves that lapped against sandy beaches 3.6 billion years ago, according to new research. | + | A Pakistani astronaut will become the first foreign national aboard |
| - | The rover landed in Utopia Planitia, a plain within | + | The mission of the Pakistani astronaut – who is yet to be selected – tightens already close space ties between Beijing and Islamabad. Last year, Pakistan sent a satellite to the Moon aboard China’s lunar explorer, alongside payloads from the European Space Agency, France, and Italy, according to Chinese state media. |
| - | The study, based on data collected by Zhurong as its radar instrument peered beneath | + | Tiangong is one of two currently operating space stations, alongside |
| - | “We’re finding places on Mars that used to look like ancient beaches and ancient river deltas,” said study coauthor Benjamin Cardenas, assistant | + | The mission is “a significant step in the internationalization of the Chinese space station,” said Quentin Parker, an astrophysicist and professor |
| - | What’s more, it’s possible | + | “When you internationalize things properly, you build something greater than the sum of the parts, and that’s true in the internationalization |
| - | The revelations add to the increasing evidence that the red planet once had a warmer, wetter climate | + | During a press conference on Wednesday, |
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| + | “It is very important for Pakistan, being the first foreign country whose astronauts are entertained by China and taken by the Chinese mission,” he told Reuters news agency on Wednesday. | ||
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| + | Ali said Pakistan space bosses will compile a list of five to 10 candidates for the mission over the next month, for China to then shorten to two. | ||
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| + | The pair will then go through training in China for six months to a year, with one eventually being sent to space as early as October next year, while the other acts as a reserve, Ali said. | ||