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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

1972 - Today

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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian doctor. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on 21 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is the 321st most popular astronaut (down from 284th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor ranks 321 out of 556. Before him are Satoshi Furukawa, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, James van Hoften, Timothy Kopra, and Serena Auñón-Chancellor. After him are Aleksandr Poleshchuk, Lisa Nowak, Yuri Shargin, Umberto Guidoni, Lee Archambault, and Ronald J. Grabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor ranks 396. Before him are Meng Wanzhou, China Miéville, Amadou Sanogo, Hiroaki Morishima, Andriy Husin, and Keiji Kaimoto. After him are Paul Clement, Anna Belknap, Hiroshi Sato, Eva Henger, Megumi Igarashi, and Daniel Nestor.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor ranks 55 out of 90. Before him are Francisco Mendes (1939), Lee Chong Wei (1982), Irene Fernandez (1946), Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (1966), Tony Fernandes (1964), and Simon Russell Beale (1961). After him are Mazlan Othman (1951), Joe Simpson (1960), Ambiga Sreenevasan (1956), Michael Wong (1970), Noordin Mohammad Top (1968), and Penny Wong (1968).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Malaysia

Among astronauts born in Malaysia, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor ranks 1. 

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