{
  "id": 15434067,
  "title": "Pakistan plans Moon landing by 2035, expands space cooperation with China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/pakistan-plans-moon-landing-by-2035-expands-space-cooperation-with",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T14:58:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-plans-moon-landing-by-2035-expands-space-cooperation-with-china/articleshow/135030473.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan has announced ambitious plans to land on the Moon by 2035, as the country's planning minister Ahsan Iqbal revealed during the closing ceremony of World Space Week 2026. The announcement also highlighted Pakistan's growing cooperation with China in the field of space science and technology, as the country's first astronaut will embark on a mission from China on November 25, with the mission expected to last about a week. The astronaut will serve as a payload specialist aboard China's Tiangong space station, conducting scientific experiments rather than operating the spacecraft. Pakistan's space agency, SUPARCO, has signed an agreement with the China Manned Space Agency to prepare a Pakistani astronaut for the mission. In addition to the human spaceflight program, Pakistan and China are also collaborating on a Pakistani-built lunar rover for China's Chang'e-8 mission, set for 2028.",
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}