Are you Malaysia’s next Rocket Scientist? Here is your chance to prove it!!! In conjunction with the 49th Malaysia Day celebration, AAM will be conducting a One-Day Rocketry Workshop (Solid Fuel) in Rebung, KL on the 16th of September 2012 from 10am to 4pm. We are offering 5 slots to the general public aged between 8-10 years old only. Please send us a short and creative e-mail to mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my explaining why you are Malaysia’s next

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian National Space Agency is planning an exhibition to celebrate Neil Armstrong’s life and legacy. The agency hopes to hold the exhibition by year-end. Its director-general Dr Mustafa Din Subari said he was deeply appreciative of Armstrong’s lifelong dedication to space exploration, which became an inspiration to him and many of his colleagues. “He was a great man who gave his entire life to the betterment of space exploration. Any country with

Great news…The Astronautical Association of Malaysia has been awarded a grant from 1Malaysia Development Berhad through the Dana Belia 1Malaysia youth development programme to conduct rocketry workshops throughout Malaysia as an effort to promote aerospace science to schoolchildren between the ages of 9 to 14. Look out for us…we might be coming to a school near you..

  Saturday, 28th April 2012. I was invited by the Penang State Mufti Department to give a talk to the general public at the Jusco Mall, Bandar Baru Perda in conjunction with their Astronomy Day event. Schoolchildren, kids, adults and shoppers crowded the concourse while I presented them a slideshow about the astronaut programme and my experience during the spaceflight medical evaluation in Star City, Moscow. I explained about the importance of the centrifuge training

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Today I was at the Alice Smith School (Secondary Campus, Equine Park) and conducted my presentation for two groups of students. The first being upper school post 16 and the second talk to year 10 students aged 14-15 years old. Both groups bombarded me with loads of interesting questions and I was very pleased to interact with most, if not all of them. I had a great time today and hopefully the students did too.