About Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor bin Sheikh Mustapha Al-Masri 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. In honour of Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor being the first Malaysian sent into space, the 2008 ASEAN University Games organising committee had chosen an astronaut as the games mascot, which is named A1 Angkasawan. Since Sheikh Muszaphar is a Muslim, and as his time in space coincided with the last part of Ramadan, the Islamic National Fatwa Council drew up the first comprehensive guidebook for Muslims in space. Sheikh Muszaphar bin Mustapha Al-Masri was born on 27 July 1972 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Sheikh Mustapha bin Abdul Shukor Al-Masri Al-Amoudi and Sheikhah Zuraidah bint Ahmad Al-Masri.
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