When Malaysians wake up later, we’d be thronged by many headlines celebrating our first Malaysian astronaut – Sheikh Muszaphar.
(SOURCE: NASA)
(SOURCE: AP)
Together with two other crew from Russia and United States, the Russian Soyuz-FG, adorned with a Malaysian flag, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Among the international headlines on major news organizations are:
- CNN: U.S., Russian, Malaysian heading for space station
- BBC: Landmark lift-off for space crew
- Reuters: Russian rocket launches first Malaysian into space
- IHT: Malaysia celebrates as its first astronaut blasts into space
- Al-Jazeera: Malaysian astronaut enters space
- AFP: First Malaysian, first female commander blast into space
Syabas, Malaysia!
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Syabas? I assume that you are being sarcastic.
Since the early days of space race between US and Soviet, sending a person into space has more to do with politics than science. It is the same for this case. Piggybacking on a space mission is nothing to be proud about.