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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