Spaceflight Participant

WHAT????

He's not an angkasawan?? Not an astronaut?? Not a cosmonaut?? Spaceflight Participant??? WHOA!!!!

Launched and will land ISS Expedition 16 crew members:
Yuri Malenchenko (4) Soyuz Commander - Russia
Peggy Whitson (2) Soyuz Flight Engineer - United States

Launched:
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1) Cosmonaut (landed in Soyuz TMA-10)

Will land:
Ko San (1) Spaceflight Participant - South Korea (will launch in Soyuz TMA-12)

Back-up crew
Salizhan Sharipov Commander - Russia
Michael Fincke Flight Engineer - United States
Faiz Khaleed Cosmonaut - Malaysia
Yi So-yeon Spaceflight Participant -- South Korea

Crew Notes
Sheikh Muszaphar is flying as a guest of the Russian government through the Angkasawan program. Under this program, in exchange for the multi-billion purchase of fighter jets by Malaysia, the Russian Federation bore the cost of training two Malaysians for space travel and for sending one to the ISS.


The above bold said spaceflight participant until 2 days ago me thinks..Living in denial, these flers..

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-11