Historical Date for Malaysia

Although not related to Team Rally, we can't miss this date .
On Sept 26th 2006, Malaysia sent its first 2 astronaut to Russia.
The chosen astronaut will be in space on 31st Aug 2007, to mark Malaysia 50th Independence.
The parting remarks by the astronaut was :

"WORK HARD, STUDY HARD, TAKE SCIENCE, BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF YEAH"