The Star captured the euphoria of the nation when Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor made history by becoming the first Malaysian in space on Oct 10, 2007.

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       He took off in a spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Since then, the orthopaedic surgeon has become a national celebrity with 1.1 million followers on Instagram where his profile states that he is also an author, restaurateur, model and speaker.

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