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Malaysian Astronaut To Blast Off Next October
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Photo courtesy AFP.
by Staff Writers
 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 15, 2006
 Malaysia's first astronaut will blast off on October 6 next year, Science Minister Jamaluddin Jarjis said according to a report Friday. Jarjis said the lift-off date was put back by a month due to rescheduling at the International Space Station following a delay in US space shuttle flights. "As a result of the shuttle delays, the Soyuz launch in March was delayed to April and this subsequently pushed back our own launch date," he said, according to The Star daily.

The crew aboard the space station changes every six months.

Malaysia's first astronaut and a back-up candidate, chosen from thousands of hopefuls in a nationwide contest, are currently undergoing training at Moscow's Star City before heading into space on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

The project was conceived in 2003 when Russia agreed to send a Malaysian to the space station as part of a billion-dollar purchase of 18 Sukhoi 30-MKM fighter jets.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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AFSPC Vice Commander Encourages Cadets To Look To Space
 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Dec 18, 2006
 With one part education, two parts inspiration and a dash of recruiting, the vice commander of Air Force Space Command rounded out the fall semester for Air Force ROTC cadets here Dec. 5. Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz told about 50 cadets and their parents that newly minted Air Force second lieutenants must concentrate on taking care of their people and improving their technical proficiency.
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