The very first house traveler from Türkiye is ready to blast off into orbit at first of January, only a few weeks from now, a senior official introduced on Thursday.
“Starting on Jan. 9, Col. Alper Gezeravcı will take part in a space mission with Spanish, Italian and Swedish astronauts,” Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır mentioned on X, previously Twitter.
During the two-week AX3 mission, Gezeravci will take part in 13 scientific experiments on the International Space Station (ISS), the minister knowledgeable.
“Mark your calendar, The Ax3 mission is targeting a launch date no earlier than Jan. 9, 2024. Lifting off from Florida, our all-European crew will fly on a SpaceX Dragon to Space_Station,” Axiom Space mentioned in a put up on its official social media account.
Axiom Space is the main supplier of human spaceflight companies and developer of human-rated house infrastructure.
Türkiye chosen Gezeravci, a Turkish Air Forces F-16 pilot, because the nation’s first potential house traveler earlier this yr throughout the nation’s main know-how occasion Teknofest.
The nation established the Turkish Space Agency (TUA) in 2018 and introduced its house program in 2019, in addition to its intent to ship a crewed mission into house.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
