Russia's arms export agency and Malaysia's defence ministry, have signed a contract that will send a Malaysian into space for the first time to stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).ITAR-TASS news agency said the Malaysian will blast into space aboard a Soyuz rocket in the autumn of next year on one of the regular flights to the ISS, ITAR-TASS said, citing an official at the arms export agency Rosoboronexport.
The agreement is part of a deal worth nearly one billion dollars under which Malaysia is to buy a batch of Russian Sukhoi 30-MKM military jets, ITAR-TASS said.
