Pakistan aims to send first astronaut into space by 2022

Neighbour and long-time rival India put its first astronaut into space in 1984 as part of a Soviet-led mission. It launched a rocket into space on Monday in an attempt to safely land a rover on the moon, its most ambitious mission yet.

• Neighbour and long-time rival India put its first astronaut into space in 1984 as part of a Soviet-led mission.
• It launched a rocket into space on Monday in an attempt to safely land a rover on the moon, its most ambitious mission yet.
• It launched a rocket into space on Monday in an attempt to safely land a rover on the moon, its most ambitious mission yet.
• Neighbour and long-time rival India put its first astronaut into space in 1984 as part of a Soviet-led mission.