29th October 2015: We conducted our second simulator centre visit this year to the facilities located at the Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence – AACE to the delight of 40 kids from Sekolah Kebangsaan Leftenan Adnan, Kajang. They also got a tour of the engine room and several safety training rooms. The kids were thrilled as everyone got a chance to manually fly their state of the art A320 flight simulator which included full motion
Sim Visit
18th October 2015: We conducted 3 rocketry workshops for 70 kids from orphanges from Kuala Selangor, Sungai Buloh, Bukit Beruntung and Seri Kembangan to mark the launch of next year’s Space Race an event organised by Moteevasi and officiated by our angkasawan Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. We’re looking for the next Malaysian to blast off into space. Everyone had a good time and I would like to thank my team and new mentors Emma Zulaiha
Rocketry
Google Malaysia is holding a 2-day seminar dubbed ‘3i for ilmu, intergrasi & inovasi’ to promote the STEM learning approach to school teachers. The seminar offers various sessions and workshops on the latest educational technology available. Teachers and educators will be able to network, learn new techniques and understand the different perspectives of local educators, like-minded people from industry and experts in STEM education. I was invited to deliver the keynote address this morning for
Education
  ATTENTION JOB SEEKERS!!! Come down to our booth today. We’re looking for Mobile app programmers and developers as well as Mentors for our Astronautics Club programme. Come and talk to us or send in your resume to mfaiz@angkasawan.org.my #MA2015’MaGIC, Cyberjaya  2000 candidates, 70+ exhibiting booths, and an average of 25 resumes received during the 2014 Career Fair. Our focus did not change this year, we are even more determined now to get startups/enterprises connected
Astronautics Club, Rocketry
24th and 25th August 2015: We introduced the solid fuel category during the recent National Rocketry Challenge to bring excitement after 13 years of competition using water rockets. During the first day, the top 19 schools in Malaysia went through our Advanced Rocketry Workshop and designed and built their rockets. They were judged for rocket design and teamwork. The folowing day, the teams were impressive with their launches and were judged for apogee and parachute
Rocketry
Sepang, 3rd August 2015 – A memorandum of understanding between Asian Aviation Centre of Excellence Sdn Bhd (AACE) and the Astronautical Association of Malaysia (AstroX) was held at the AACE’s state of the art training centre today to mark a collaboration which will see both AACE provide regular simulator centre visits to participants from AstroX. Mr Wan Mohd Ariffin Bin Wan Hussin, Assistant Director of Co-Curricular & Arts Division of the Ministry of Education was
Sim Visit