KUCHING (Sarawak, Malaysia), June 23 (NNN-Bernama) —\u00a0Political stability and a progressive\u00a0government will propel Malaysia to achieve its commitment to send\u00a0a second astronaut in 2030, said the nation\u2019s first astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the initiative under the Malaysian National Space Agency’s blueprint aims to send the country\u2019s first \u2018angkasawati\u2019 or woman astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) and the round of selection will take place in 2025 or 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe blueprint is to search for the angkasawati, for a woman (astronaut) this time and I do hope it will come from Sarawak state,\u201d he said when met by reporters after delivering a talk at the Museum of The Moon Exhibition at Borneo Cultures Museum here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2013, it was reported that Malaysia under the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) was expected to deploy a second batch of astronauts to carry out numerous research work on the ISS by 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the exhibition, he said the museum could design more activities in future that would attract young visitors to become doctors, scientists and engineers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier during his motivational talk entitled \u2018Journey To Space\u2019, Sheikh Muszaphar, who went to space in 2007 said the Sarawak government plays a vital role to spark interest among Sarawakian students to venture into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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