The very first house traveler from Türkiye is about to blast off into orbit at first of January, just some 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 publish on its official social media account.
Axiom Space is the main supplier of human spaceflight providers 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 12 months throughout the nation’s main expertise 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