Sheikh Muszaphar set to be first Malaysian in space

Posted By Saimatkong on Oct 10, 2007
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Hospital UKM’s Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will make history when he goes into space on board the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft at 9.22pm (Malaysian time) on Wednesday. “It’s a small step for me, but a great leap for the Malaysian people,” Dr Sheikh Muszaphar ” the first Malaysian to go into space ” told the Associated Press, rephrasing Neil Armstrong’s legendary words after the Apollo...