Astronauts to go to Texas next month for training
PUTRAJAYA: The two Malaysian astronaut candidates will be heading for the United States National Space and Aeronautical Administration (Nasa) in Texas next month for three weeks’ training. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis said this was part of a programme to familiarise them with the American section of the International Space Station.
"As the ISS consists of Russian and American portions, they need to undergo training with Nasa apart from the Russian space agency," he said at the end of the 10th MSC International Advisory Panel meeting here yesterday. Jamaludin said the government had yet to decide on the local television station that would be given the rights to telecast live the first Malaysian astronaut’s activities in space.
"Efforts are also being made for Malaysians to communicate with the astronaut via the Internet when he is in space." The two candidates — Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34, and Capt Dr Faiz Khaleed, 26 — are undergoing training at the Yuri Gagarin Space Training Centre in Moscow.
One of them will be picked for the journey on Oct 6. Jamaludin said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was expected to be at the Baikanaur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at the launching of the spacecraft, which would also carry commander Yuri Ivanovich and Oleg Kotaty.
Abdullah is expected to meet the two candidates when he visits Russia next month. It was reported that Malaysia would send cancer cells, bacteria and protein for research in space.
Source : The News trait Times
"As the ISS consists of Russian and American portions, they need to undergo training with Nasa apart from the Russian space agency," he said at the end of the 10th MSC International Advisory Panel meeting here yesterday. Jamaludin said the government had yet to decide on the local television station that would be given the rights to telecast live the first Malaysian astronaut’s activities in space.
"Efforts are also being made for Malaysians to communicate with the astronaut via the Internet when he is in space." The two candidates — Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 34, and Capt Dr Faiz Khaleed, 26 — are undergoing training at the Yuri Gagarin Space Training Centre in Moscow.
One of them will be picked for the journey on Oct 6. Jamaludin said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was expected to be at the Baikanaur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at the launching of the spacecraft, which would also carry commander Yuri Ivanovich and Oleg Kotaty.
Abdullah is expected to meet the two candidates when he visits Russia next month. It was reported that Malaysia would send cancer cells, bacteria and protein for research in space.
Source : The News trait Times
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