First Malaysia Astronaut Already Known?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Interesting when I received a message saying that it is basically already known who is the first Malaysian going to the moon, but it is still not announce by Malaysian Prime Minister - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Please read the except news below taken from foxnews.com
Malaysian orthopedic surgeon Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34, is training for a planned Oct. 10 launch towards the ISS with veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko to kick off the 16th expedition to the orbital laboratory.
“It’s really important to me to spur interest among all the Malaysian people,” Shukor told reporters during a Monday press briefing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. “But my focus has always been on schoolchildren.”
Chosen from a competitive field of 11,000, Shukor said he is proud to represent Malaysia in space as its first astronaut, or “angkasawan.”
Sheikh Muszaphar is actually my senior during my secondary school - ex-student of MARA Junior Science College or Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM), Muar, Johor. The news released by the foxnews already about 2 months. However, I’m still waiting for the official announcement to be made by the Prime Minister for a confirmation.
