ISLAMABAD -Pakistan government unveils schedule for the first manned spacemission.
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announcedthat Pakistan will send its “first person to space” in 2022.
“Proud to announce that selection process for the first Pakistani to besent to space shall begin from Feb 2020,” he shared. “Fifty people will beshortlisted — list will then come down to 25 and in 2022, we will send ourfirst person to space.”
“This will be the biggest space event of our history,” added the PTIminister.
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Chaudhry said that the Air Force will be the custodian of the selectionprocess, adding that all around the world pilots are selected for spacemissions. He said that initially 50 pilots will be selected, from which thelist will be brought down to 25 and then 10. The federal minister said that10 pilots will be trained and eventually one pilot will be sent to space.
