{"id":"n_ih3kvhfioebmc6phlfoq","seq":8411541,"kind":"article","title":"Pakistani to be first foreign astronaut on Tiangong","url":"https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1876920-20261107.htm","summary":"A Pakistani astronaut will join the Shenzhou-24 crewed flight mission as a payload specialist, the China Manned Space Agency said on Saturday. After completing a short on-orbit flight, the Pakistani astronaut will return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft. The mission will mark the first joint flight involving Chinese and foreign astronauts in the history of China's manned space programme. The Shenzhou-23 spacecraft carried the Hong Kong SAR's first astronaut, Lai…","published":"2026-11-07T04:02:00Z","seen":"2026-11-07T05:45:02Z","lang":"en","country":"CN","source":{"id":"kite-rthk-hk-d06898","name":"rthk.hk","domain":"rthk.hk"},"via":"kite-rthk-hk-d06898","topics":["asia"],"story":"st_ih3kvhfioebmc6phlfoq","category":"politics","category_p":0.3,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.17,"political":0.32}