Back-up Angkasawan Faiz still a hero to mum


BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): He is still a hero and number one to us, says Mazenah Mohamad, 54, of her son Kapt Dr Faiz Khaleed, the second Malaysian cosmonaut. 

“It was a happy moment even for us and Faiz, even though he did not go up. We celebrate with all Malaysians,” said Mazenah of the launching of the Soyuz spacecraft that took the first Malaysian, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, into space on Wednesday. 

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