WHEN Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha created history by blasting into space at 9.22pm on Oct 10 with two foreign counterparts, the whole nation was on cloud nine.
The 35-year-old orthopaedic surgeon from Kuala Lumpur became the first Malaysian cosmonaut and the first Muslim in space during Ramadan.
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