S. Vanajah
Siva Vanajah (born March 2, 1971, in Kulim, Malaysia)[1] is a Malaysian engineer and one of the finalist of the Malaysian Angkasawan program, a program to send a Malaysian to the International Space Station.[2] An ethnic Indian, she was the only woman among four finalists who outlasted 11,000 other Malaysians that applied for the astronaut selection process in 2003, ultimately losing her bid to Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and Faiz Khaleed.[3] All the four finalists were sent to Moscow for training by the Russian Space Agency.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Kabilan, K (17 Nov 2006). "Close but not close enough for Vanajah". malaysiakini. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019.
- ^ "Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates: S. Vanajah A/P Siva Subramaniam". Spacefacts.de. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "The first Malaysian in space". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
- ^ "M'sian astronaut: Docs make the cut". malaysiakini. 4 Sep 2006. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019.