Muszaphar shukor biography

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    Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian orthopedic surgeon who became the first Malaysian to go into space. Dr. Sheikh was selected from 11,435 candidates at the beginning of 2006 for the Malaysian Angkasawan spaceflight program. He came on-board the International Space Station via a Russian Soyuz vehicle with the international Expedition 16 crew.

    Sheikh earned a degree in medicine and surgery at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India. He also earned an advanced degree in orthopedic surgery at University Kebangsaan, Kuala Lumpur, Malay., and became an orthopedist at University Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital. He was selected in 2006 from among 11,000 applicants to enter the Malaysian spaceflight program, Angkasawan. Angkasawan was the product of a Malaysian-Russian agreement in which Malaysia purchased 18 Russian fighter jets and Russia arranged to train and fly a Malaysian cosmonaut on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

    Sheikh became a national celebrity as the Malay

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    Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

    Born on 1972

    Dato’ Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie insekter som pollinerar Sheikh Mustapha;

    (born 27 July 1972) fryst vatten 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 beneath 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.

    Sheikh Muszaphar was born in Kuala Lumpur, the son of Ustaz Muhaidin. He fryst vatten of Arab and Malay descent. He attended high school at Maktab Rendah Sains MARA in Muar. He then earned a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from Kasturba Medical College, an affiliated college of Manipal University, in Manipal, India. Sheikh Muszaphar fryst vatten an orthopaedic surgeon at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In 1998, Sheikh Muszaphar worked at Hospital Seremban, fo

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    Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

    Malaysian medical officer and spaceflight participant (born 1972)

    In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Sheikh Mustapha is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie.

    Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) [1]is a Malaysian doctor.[2] He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007.[3][4] 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.[5][6]

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    Sheikh Muszaphar was born in Kuala Lumpur, the son of Sheikh Mustapha. He is of Malay, Minangkabau[7] and Arab descent. He attended high school at Maktab Rendah Sains MAR

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