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Pakistan names its first lunar rover 'Jinnah-1' ahead of 2029 Moon mission

Friday, 14 August 2026, 06:37 · 1 min read

Pakistan's space agency Suparco (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission) has officially named the country's first lunar rover "Jinnah-1," in honour of Pakistan's founding father Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The name was chosen from around 4,000 public submissions and awarded to Tayyab Karim, a 17-year-old from Bahawalnagar, at a ceremony in Islamabad. The rover is set to travel to the Moon's south pole in 2029 aboard China's Chang'e-8 mission, where it will study plasma, radiation, and lunar geology — marking a significant step for Pakistan's nascent space programme.

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