Face of Nation : Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will send its first astronaut to space in 2022 using close ally China’s satellite launch facilities. Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will send its first astronaut to space in 2022 using close ally China’s satellite launch facilities.
Pakistan’s decision came as India on Monday successfully launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2. Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science and Technology, said the selection process of the astronaut for the space mission would start from February 2020.
The announcement was made by Chaudhry in a Twitter post. The minister was trolled heavily with memes and jokes after the announcement. The announcement was made by Pakistan’s Minister for Science & Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, in a Twitter post.
“Proud to announce that selection process for the first Pakistani to be sent to Space shall begin from Feb 2020, fifty people will be shortlisted — list will then come down to 25 and in 2022 we will send our first person to space,” Chaudhry said.This will be the biggest space event of our history, he added.
