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ISS: the first Malay astronaut to arrive in 2007

Moscow, Russia - He will be trained in Russia starting from the end of this summer

Russian Space Agency would have recently announced that the launch of the first Malay astronaut towards the ISS (International Space Station) should occur, thanks to the technical and training support provided by Russia, by October 2007. Just in that period Kuala Lumpur's Government would prefer arriving at such historical turning point for the country, as in October 1957 the first satellite (the Sputnik)...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 102007
Rome, Italy, 08/20/2004 19:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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