Twenty four schoolchildren were motivated to study harder after speaking with Malaysian first astronaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor on Monday, local media reported on Tuesday.
The schoolchildren, from Kuala Lumpur, spent about 9 minutes chatting with Muszaphar about his time in space, the New Straits Times reported.
"The radio contact with Dr Muszaphar was a success," said National Space Agency director-general Mazlan Othman.
Under the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program, a direct radio link between the National Planetarium satellite ground station and the ISS was made at 1:19 a.m. on Monday.
Muszaphar and 3 other finalists were trained for more than a year by the National Space Agency before the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission granted them licenses.
Muszaphar was doing well, Mazlan said after speaking to him.
It was the experience of a lifetime for the students who took turns asking Muszaphar questions.
Fourteen-year-old Michele Fernandez Joseph was ecstatic, saying that her interest in science, especially astronomy, had deepened.
Source:Xinhua
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