Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wished Türkiye’s second area traveler Tuva Cihangir Atasever success, saying: “You will be our second astronaut, but you won’t be the last.”
President Erdoğan had a dwell chat with Atasever earlier than his area mission on Saturday from the Spaceport facility in New Mexico, U.S.
Atasever stated he was honored and expressed nice delight in being in New Mexico for this historic mission when Erdoğan requested: “How are the preparations for our space mission and microgravity research suborbital research flight? Is everything on track?”
He acknowledged that they have been prepared for the flight and had beforehand undergone preparation with Alper Gezeravcı (the primary Turkish astronaut). He talked about that they’ve undergone intense coaching, and it’s the final day of preparations, and they’ll carry out the mission tomorrow.
President Erdoğan remarked that though Alper Gezeravcı had some disadvantages, Atasever has the benefit of following in Gezeravcı’s footsteps.
“With you, our country will now prepare the groundwork for the third manned space mission. I believe this; you are young and dynamic, and you have Alper as your guide. I wish you a successful journey in advance,” he stated.
“On one side will be the Turkish flag, and on the other, due to your mother being Azerbaijani, the Azerbaijani flag, and you will represent both brothers,” he added.
In response to Erdoğan’s remark about representing each Türkiye and Azerbaijan, Atasever affirmed that he would carry the flags of each nations on his chest in the course of the journey, symbolizing the unity of the 2 nations.
Erdoğan reiterated the significance of this mission being performed with the consciousness of “two states, one nation” and wished Atasever success.
Source: www.anews.com.tr