PARLIAMENT | Malaysia's venture into space 16 years ago has been very fruitful, Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang said today.

According to Chang, as a result of the mission, the country has managed to carry out research in various fields, including microgravity in medicine and pharmaceuticals, microbes in space, and biotechnology, among others.

"The researches have spawned scientific papers published in domestic and international journals which, in turn, have paved the way to knowledge generation.