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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

ANGKASA · Malaysian · Government · Active

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Career record

Flights
1
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
10d 21h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0

Biography

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and the first Malaysian astronaut. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on 21 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov.

Biography from Launch Library 2.

Launches

Born 1972-07-27