{
  "id": 10564190,
  "title": "China’s space diplomacy lifts Pakistani astronaut towards orbit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/chinas-space-diplomacy-lifts-pakistani-astronaut-towards-orbit",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T00:06:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1559868/chinas-space-diplomacy-lifts-pakistani-astronaut-towards-orbit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China’s Tiangong space station. The voyage into space would be a first for the South Asian nation. It is part of […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}