(Dr Mohamed Ahsan, Dr. Faiz Khaleed, Mohd Yusfi and Mohammed Faiz with Dancers) Tuesday, 12th August 2008- We departed Kuala Lumpur this morning for Kota Kinabalu for a week long event organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). The event dubbed MISTI (Minggu Sains. Teknologi & Inovasi Peringkat Sabah) will officially kick off on Thursday 14th August 2008. I travelled with a group of MOSTI’s staff together with Mej. (Dr.) Faiz Khaleed.

By Hj Ahmed Shaheeb Dato Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor shared his story on being the first Malaysian “Angkasawan” and his journey into space at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) yesterday. Dr Sheikh’s space travel talk, co-organised by GED Enterprise and UBD, was aimed at encouraging more Bruneians to take an interest in space science. He entertained the predominantly female crowd, and walked around the stage instead of talking from a fixed position. He touched on many

Branson unveils Virgin Galactic mothership WhiteKnightTwo fuselage fatigue ‘not an issue’ says Rutan By Scott Snowden → More by this author Published Tuesday 29th July 2008 10:32 GMT As expected, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace engineer Burt Rutan unveiled the WhiteKnightTwo mothership yesterday that will be used for his project to launch tourists into space. The mothership itself is not designed to leave the atmosphere, but will air launch the yet-to-be-finished SpaceShipTwo

KUALA PILAH: Angkasawan Negara, Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Sheikh Mustapha, berkata gelaran Datuk tidak akan mengubah dirinya, sebaliknya menguatkan tekad untuk memberi inspirasi kepada generasi muda meminati bidang sains dan teknologi. “Saya amat berbangga dan gembira dengan pengiktirafan ini, namun saya masih seperti dulu,” katanya selepas menerima Darjah Dato’ Setia Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) yang membawa gelaran Datuk daripada Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Ja’afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman sempena Hari Keputeraan baginda Ke-86 di Istana

“Datuk” Award For Astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor KUALA PILAH, July 19 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s first astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha is bestowed the “Datuk” title in conjunction with the 86th birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman on Saturday, which sees a first batch of 90 people conferred decorations and medals. The 36-year-old orthopaedic surgeon attached to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) receives the Dato’

TUJUAN/MATLAMAT (1) Visi Kearah membentuk generasi berwawasan tinggi yang berinovasi dengan penerapan ilmu sains dan teknologi terkini selaras dengan aspirasi untuk menghargai kepelbagaian ilmu Aero Angkasa yang akan memberikan manfaat kepada Malaysia di peringkat antarabangsa. (2) Misi Membentuk satu kefahaman yang holistik untuk semua lapisan masyarakat Malaysia tentang kepentingan ilmu dan pengetahuan berkaitan Aero Angkasa dan yang berkaitan dengannya secara kesinambungan yang lestari. (3) Objektif Bagi menyokong perkembangan sejagat berkaitan potensi dan peluang di dalam