KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Bernama) -- The BBC has highlighted Malaysia's first astronaut, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha, as the first Muslim to go into space during the fasting month of Ramadan in its news programme.
Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who will also be celebrating Aidilfitri in space, said in an interview with the BBC that he wanted to set a good example to Muslims the world over in that he would perform his religious obligations not only on earth but also in space.
Prior to Aidilfitri, he will observe the dawn-to-dusk fasting rules during Ramadan.
The 35 year-old astronaut is expected to reach the International Space Station (ISS) together with his crewmates on Friday after circling the earth for two days.
He will spend eight days on the ISS during which he will collaborate with other scientists on a number of space medicine experiments.
He lifted off on board a Russian Soyuz 15-S rocket with American astronaut Peggy Whitson, the ISS's new commander, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9.21pm Malaysian time on Wednesday.
Whitson and Malenchenko will remain on the station for six months, replacing two Russian cosmonauts, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, with whom Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will return on Oct 21.
-- BERNAMA
Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who will also be celebrating Aidilfitri in space, said in an interview with the BBC that he wanted to set a good example to Muslims the world over in that he would perform his religious obligations not only on earth but also in space.
Prior to Aidilfitri, he will observe the dawn-to-dusk fasting rules during Ramadan.
The 35 year-old astronaut is expected to reach the International Space Station (ISS) together with his crewmates on Friday after circling the earth for two days.
He will spend eight days on the ISS during which he will collaborate with other scientists on a number of space medicine experiments.
He lifted off on board a Russian Soyuz 15-S rocket with American astronaut Peggy Whitson, the ISS's new commander, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9.21pm Malaysian time on Wednesday.
Whitson and Malenchenko will remain on the station for six months, replacing two Russian cosmonauts, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, with whom Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will return on Oct 21.
-- BERNAMA
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