Watching the live broadcast from Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Deputy Minister MOSTI, Datuk Kong Cho Ha applauding after the successful Russian Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft blast off on its 16th mission to the International Space Station from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Wed, Oct 10, 2007. On board, Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shokor, the first Malaysian in space with his flightmates Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and American Peggy Whitson. GLENN GUAN/The Star