巴基斯坦太空人將參與中國太空站神舟二十四號任務

香港／北京，11月7日（路透）——中國官媒週六報導，一名巴基斯坦太空人將參與中國太空站今年的神舟二十四號任務，這是北京「一帶一路」倡議下雙邊合作的一部分。HONG KONG/BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A Pakistani astronaut will join China's space station on this year's Shenzhou-24 mission, as part of bilateral cooperation under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese state media reported on Saturday.

中國中央電視台（CCTV）引述中國載人航天工程辦公室報導，這名太空站首位外國訪客將以酬載專家身分參與任務。The first foreign visitor to the space station will participate as a payload specialist in the mission, broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the China Manned Space Agency.

中國尚未公布這名太空人的身分，但巴基斯坦太空機構一名官員9月告訴路透，飛行員齊山・阿里（Zeeshan Ali）和庫拉姆・達烏德（Khurram Daud）已在北京的中國航天員科研訓練中心接受數月訓練，準備執行任務。China has not identified the astronaut, but pilots Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud have spent months training at the China Astronaut Research and Training Center in Beijing for a mission, a Pakistani space agency official told Reuters in September.

北京尚未宣布這項任務的日期。Beijing has not announced the date of the mission.

中國央視表示，這名太空人完成短期在軌飛行後，將搭乘神舟二十三號太空船返回地球。CCTV said that after completing a short-term in-orbit flight, the astronaut will return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft.

這是北京太空外交下，中國載人太空計畫史上首次有中國與外國太空人共同參與的聯合太空飛行。This marks the first joint spaceflight featuring both Chinese and foreign astronauts in the history of China's manned space program, under Beijing's space diplomacy.

（香港 Selena Li、北京 Shi Bu 報導；William Mallard 編輯）(Reporting by Selena Li in Hong Kong and Shi Bu in Beijing; Editing by William Mallard)