Saturday, July 27, 2019

Happy birthday, Malaysian cosmonaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor!


Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, born July 27, 1972 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has spent 10 days aboard the International Space Station.  He was selected as a cosmonaut for the Malaysian Angkasawan (ANGKASA) spaceflight program in 2006. He is the first Malaysian in space.

He took off in Soyuz TMA-11 in October 2007 to the ISS with members of Expedition 16, Yuri Malenchenko and Peggy Whitson.  He returned to Earth about 10 days later aboard Soyuz TMA-10.


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