Malaysian astronaut Shukor gives the thumbs up during a news conference at the Baikonur cosmodrome in...
Malaysian astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor gives the thumbs up during a news conference at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan October 9, 2007. Shukor is set to blast off on October 10 from the Baikonur cosmodrome to Russia's International Space Station, along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson of the U.S. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (KAZAKHSTAN)