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  "id": 18823541,
  "title": "Pakistan’s first astronaut to board Chinese space station",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/pakistans-first-astronaut-to-board-chinese-space-station",
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  "published": "2026-11-08T00:11:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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  "summary": "A Pakistani astronaut will travel to China’s Tiangong space station aboard the Shenzhou-24 mission, becoming the first foreigner to visit the orbiting outpost, Beijing’s manned space agency said on Saturday. Pakistan and China are close diplomatic and strategic partners, and signed a deal in February 2025 setting up a Chinese government training programme for Pakistani […]",
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        "title": "Pakistani astronaut to join Chinese space station’s Shenzhou-24 mission",
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        "published": "2026-11-07T05:20:21.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Pakistani astronaut to board Shenzhou 24 and become the first foreigner on China's space station",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/pakistani-astronaut-to-board-shenzhou-24-and-become-the-first",
        "published": "2026-11-07T06:06:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Pakistan’s first astronaut to board Chinese space station",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/pakistans-first-astronaut-to-board-chinese-space-station",
        "published": "2026-11-07T08:38:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Pakistani astronaut to board Shenzhou 24 and become the first foreigner on China's space station",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/pakistani-astronaut-to-board-shenzhou-24-and-become-the-first-18701103",
        "published": "2026-11-07T11:20:01.000Z"
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