RM95Mil later the name Angkasawan is no longer to be seen/heard.There was soo much hype and all Malaysians had a proud phase when the first Malaysian astronaut made it to the space station ate nasi lemak and some kuih-muih and came back successfully missing the landing spot due to the extra fat gained from the [...]

After about 11 days our space-man is back! I was watching as much as i could over astro channel 588 and the whole thing was very interesting, the best thing that was done is getting Robert L Gibson(Hoot) to join in the show explaining the events that toke place.

The whole un-docking process and the return [...]

 
Breaking news!! Our Angkasawan apparently is now a scientist too!!
This is the latest addition of tittles Dr Sheikh rapidly growing list of titles was from Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Zaharudin Idrus, former science advisor to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Dr Sheikh apparently also was assisting Russian aerospace engineer Yuri Malenchenko with some repairs [...]

Nice video of the soyuz launch.If you catched the coverage we had on tv im sure you would have felt proud of the focus and attention the Malaysian astonout space flight participant got.Watch this video and it gives you the perspective of the American’s/Russians,hardly a mention of our Angkasawan in the video.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VwHOE8hlGV0[/youtube]
For those of you [...]

Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft carrying Malaysia’s first astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha blasted-off into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at exactly 9.21pm .Im glad that everything went well and there was a live telecast on Astro last night showing the whole blast-off unfold.
My favourite part of the program was the bit when [...]

Have you been reading the our latest attempt of buying success??
Its called the Angkasawan Program!! On the October 10, 2007 our very own
Angkasawan/Space Tourist. How did this whole thing come along??
Apparently we bought some Sukhoi Su-30  for our defence and it was a freebie that was thrown in, its like getting a free toy when [...]