PETALING JAYA: The Orion test flight launch in the United States, the first step towards a manned mission to Mars by Nasa, will carry with it more than 10,000 Malaysian names.
A 0.8sq cm silicon wafer microchip onboard holds 1,379,961 names in total and the Orion will eventually journey further than any manned spacecraft has travelled in more than 40 years.
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