Angkasawan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Angkasawan is a program organized by the Malaysian government to select a national cosmonaut and send him/her to the International Space Station on board Soyuz TMA-11. Angkasawan is the Malay word for 'cosmonaut'.
This program has both scientific and technological objectives, but is also conceived as inspirational.
[edit] List of the finalist candidates
The four finalists are [1]:
- Siva Vanajah, 35 [1]
- Mohammed Faiz Kamaluddin, 34 [2]
- Faiz Khaleed, 25 [3]
- Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34 [4]
All four are currently under training at Star City. The selected cosmonauts will be launched on Soyuz TMA-11 and will come back with Soyuz TMA-10 after a ten day stay on board the ISS [2].
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was finally selected on September 4. His back-up will be Faiz Khaleed[3].
[edit] References
- ^ Malaysia Narrows Astronaut Search to Four Candidates. Space.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-29.
- ^ One For The Record Books Malaysian Heads Into Space. Spacedaily.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-29.
- ^ Malaysia announces first astronaut. Spacedaily.com. Retrieved on 2006-09-04.
