Malaysia's first astronaut returned to earth

On October 21, Malaysia's first astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, returned safely to Kazakhstan on the Soyuz spacecraft. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was welcomed as a hero after 11 days of traveling in space, according to Malaysian officials, Shukor's trip partially strengthened its position in the international arena.

Coming back to Shukor this time, there was the head of the International Space Station (ISS), Fyodor Yurchikhin and engineer Oleg Kotov, both of whom spent 197 days on the Station. The director of the Russian Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov, said that the health of the three people is very good even though they are a bit stressful when the spacecraft lands.

Earlier on October 10, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor was launched on the ISS Station from Baikonur launchers in Kazakhstan with Russian astronaut Yuri Malenchenko and American astronaut Peggy Whitson, who replaced Fyodor Yurchikhin on duty. commander on ISS Station. The flight to bring Shukor to space this time is in agreement between the governments of Malaysia and Russia.