The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Malaysia
This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysian Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 524 Astronauts, 1 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 44th most number of Astronauts behind Kyrgyzstan and South Africa.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malaysian Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Malaysian Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1972 - )
With an HPI of 40.52, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is the most famous Malaysian Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha (born 27 July 1972) is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and spaceflight participant. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on 21 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as astronauts born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living astronauts include Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor.
