Khaleed Credit - www.spacefacts.de

Dr Faiz bin Khaleed Malaysian Physician Cosmonaut. Born 15 September 1980. Backup to first Malaysian in space.

Personal: Male, Married. Born in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. Inactive Entered space service: 9 January 2006. Left space service: 21 October 2007.

Stomatologist (mouth disease specialist) serving with the Royal Malaysia Air Forces. Selected by the Malaysian National Space Agency (ANGKASA); one of two finalists for training in Russia; served as backup for Soyuz TMA-11 / ISS Mission EP-13. One of two finalists for training in Russia, selected from a total of 11,275 candidates screened by the Malaysian National Space Agency after the screening campaign for the program began in 2003.