BAIKONUR (KAZAKHSTAN), Oct 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysian angkasawan, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha and two other crew members on board the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 are doing fine and are in constant communication with the Russian Mission Control Centre, MCC in Moscow.
Managing Director and CEO of Aeronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, Datuk Ahmad Sabirin Arshad said the spacecraft was circulating earth every 90 minutes and each time it passed over Moscow, they would provide an update of the exact position of the spacecraft.
This was important to enable the MCC to keep track with them, including the next trip they were flying over Moscow.
"When they pass Moscow, they have between 10 and 15 minutes to give the update to the MCC.
"This includes whatever they have seen, the stars, the moon and even the International Space Station (ISS) which is visible whenever the spacecraft is making its orbital rotation around the earth," he told Malaysian reporters here today on the update of the space expedition.
Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and flight commander Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko took off into space yesterday.
He said the ISS was also circulating around earth at a speed of 7 km per second and the Soyuz spacecraft would have to travel at that speed eventually to enable it to dock perfectly.
"The spacecraft is expected to dock at the ISS at 12 midnight tomorrow and they have between 10pm Oct 12 and 2am Oct 13 to do so," he said.
On the condition of Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who will be returning to earth on Oct 21, Sabirin said the Malaysian angkasawan was experiencing a critical moment during the first 18 hours after taking off into space.
"Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will be facing physiological changes as his blood circulation will not be the same because he is in microgravity condition, and he may even feel nausea."
But Sabirin said, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was able to overcome such condition as he had been trained to do so, without having to take any medicine.
Sabirin said he was not worried about the Malaysian angkasawan as he was travelling with two experienced space personnel.
"In fact, Malenchenko had told me before that we don't have to worry about Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor because he is easy to work with and takes instruction," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Managing Director and CEO of Aeronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, Datuk Ahmad Sabirin Arshad said the spacecraft was circulating earth every 90 minutes and each time it passed over Moscow, they would provide an update of the exact position of the spacecraft.
This was important to enable the MCC to keep track with them, including the next trip they were flying over Moscow.
"When they pass Moscow, they have between 10 and 15 minutes to give the update to the MCC.
"This includes whatever they have seen, the stars, the moon and even the International Space Station (ISS) which is visible whenever the spacecraft is making its orbital rotation around the earth," he told Malaysian reporters here today on the update of the space expedition.
Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and flight commander Peggy Whitson and Russian flight engineer Yuri Malenchenko took off into space yesterday.
He said the ISS was also circulating around earth at a speed of 7 km per second and the Soyuz spacecraft would have to travel at that speed eventually to enable it to dock perfectly.
"The spacecraft is expected to dock at the ISS at 12 midnight tomorrow and they have between 10pm Oct 12 and 2am Oct 13 to do so," he said.
On the condition of Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, who will be returning to earth on Oct 21, Sabirin said the Malaysian angkasawan was experiencing a critical moment during the first 18 hours after taking off into space.
"Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will be facing physiological changes as his blood circulation will not be the same because he is in microgravity condition, and he may even feel nausea."
But Sabirin said, Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was able to overcome such condition as he had been trained to do so, without having to take any medicine.
Sabirin said he was not worried about the Malaysian angkasawan as he was travelling with two experienced space personnel.
"In fact, Malenchenko had told me before that we don't have to worry about Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor because he is easy to work with and takes instruction," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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