Mohammed Faiz Kamaludin

Advanced Rocketry in UKM

20th October 2014: We conducted a special rocketry workshop for 28 students from the Permata Pintar Negara foundation. This event was held in UKM to commemorate Malaysia’s 7th year anniversary of our first manned spaceflight mission. Three distinguished astronauts were also invited to grace the event, namely Chiaki Mukai the first Japanese woman in space, Klaus Dietrich Flade a German astronaut and Salizhan Sharipov a Russian cosmonaut. Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar’s flight memorabilia were also on […]

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Advanced Rocketry in Sarawak

We conducted our final Advanced Rocketry Workshop today in SMK Matang Jaya, Kuching, Sarawak completing our nationwide tour covering every single state in Malaysia. We would like to extend our appreciation to 1Malaysia Development Berhad for funding this CSR initiative through their Dana Belia 1Malaysia youth development programme. The workshop is designed for upper secondary school students with more emphasis on rocket design and aerodynamics. The students were paired in teams of two and worked

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Advanced Rocketry in Kedah

  On the 25th of June 2014, we conducted an Advanced Rocketry Workshop in SMK Kelibang, Langkawi, Kedah. The students were taught on aerodynamics and rocket design. They made their own rockets and launched them from their school grounds. We hope that the students gained valuable experience from the workshop and most importantly had fun learning about science. Wishing everyone a blessed Ramadhan ahead and we hope to see everyone after Hari Raya. From all

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Advanced Rocketry in Negeri Sembilan

We conducted an advanced rocketry workshop yesterday in Sekolah Menengah Sains Perempuan Seremban. During the workshop the students were taught on basic principles of aerodynamics and rocket design. They were in for a treat when our Angkasawan Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar made an appearance and shared his experience during his time in space. He interacted with the students and teachers during the Q&A session and everyone was thrilled and learned a lot more about life in

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Book Review of Aspirasi Angkasawan

Book review by Angèle van Oosterom The Netherlands “Aspirasi Angkasawan” Tells Malaysia’s dreams of sending the first Malaysian astronaut on an ISS mission and the astronaut selection process.  An outstanding account of the Malaysian astronaut selection process for the ISS mission october 2007. It is as complete a description of this selection process as we are ever likely to see. The attention to detail is on a very high level and the amount of information is

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