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

Before the school holidays on the 20th of March 2014, we conducted an Advanced Rocketry Workshop in SMS Tuanku Syed Putra, Kangar, Perlis. The students were taught on aerodynamics and rocket design. They made their own rockets and launched them from their school field. We would like to thank the school teachers and 1MDB through their Dana Belia 1Malaysia grant for making this event possible.

21st February- In conjunction with their week long ‘Physics Fest’ in Kolej Matrikulasi Selangor, AAM conducted an advanced rocketry workshop for their students. They were taught how to design and craft the fuselage and fins of their rockets. The highlight of the event was blasting their homegrown rockets shy high. It was a great event and I’m glad everyone enjoyed themselves. Until our next workshop in Kedah…

The 3rd issue of our very own International Journal of Aerospace, Aviation & Astronautics (IJAAA) is now available. Download or read the copy here…. https://www.angkasawan.org.my/publication

We conducted the first of our newly developed ‘Advanced Rocketry Workshop’ in SMK Badin, Tuaran, Sabah today. The workshop is designed for upper secondary school students with more emphasis on rocket design and aerodynamics. The students are paired in teams of two and work together to decide on fin design based on the lesson’s module taught to them. They get a free hand in ensuring built quality for launch stability and also exercise their creativity

–> We are pleased to announce that our IT Division Head, Mr. Prabaharan Nadarajan is the recipient of the CEO Sustainability Award 2013. He received the award from Mr. Kwan Chee Sun the CEO of Scope international Standard Chartered Malaysia during the GSSC Malaysia Annual Dinner recently. He is being recognized for his effort in ensuring bank credibility and sustainability in promoting bank branding. In addition, He is also the proud recipient of the HK