Alper Gezeravci, chosen as one of many first Turkish house vacationers, will spend 14 days on the International Space Station, Turkish Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank advised a news briefing on Saturday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced names of the nation’s first house vacationers on Saturday throughout his speech at TEKNOFEST, Türkiye’s premier aerospace and expertise pageant.
Gezeravci is a pilot with Turkish Air Force, whereas reserve candidate Tuva Cihangir Atasever is a system engineer at Turkish missile producer Roketsan within the area of house launch programs.
The two candidates had been chosen amongst over 36,000 functions, the minister stated.
He stated 20 international locations had been conducting comparable missions to the house station, and Türkiye may also enter the unique membership.
Türkiye established the Turkish Space Agency in 2018, and introduced the nation’s house program in 2021.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
