Malaysia's First Astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, an 34-year-old orthopaedic doctor and a trainee lecturer in medicine with the National University of Malaysia, was chosen as the first Malaysia's astronaut (angkasawan in Malay) in September 2006, with army dentist Faiz Khaleed, 26, the back-up astronaut. Currently, Muszaphar Shukor together with his national patriot Khaleed is being trained in Russian space center. The pictures shows he is trying on a space suit at the Star Corporation space outfitter outside Moscow August 7, 2007.