A senior Turkish official introduced Thursday that Türkiye’s pioneering manned house mission is scheduled to embark for the International Space Station at 1:11 a.m. native time on Jan.18.
Col. Alper Gezeravci with the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew will head to the International Space Station, Turkish Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır mentioned on X, previously generally known as Twitter.
“This historic mission will be a great source of inspiration for future generations as well as being an important milestone in Türkiye’s space science studies,” Kacır mentioned.
Highlighting the substantial significance of endeavors inside the realm of synthetic intelligence, Kacır underscored the immense worth they connect to such initiatives.
He defined that their major focus lies in harnessing the potential of huge information to generate worth, thereby extending help to tasks geared toward fostering modern services and products throughout various sectors encompassing agriculture, power, healthcare and transportation.
Moreover, Kacır emphasised the prioritization of collaboration between universities and entities from the personal sector, together with know-how startups, enterprises and bigger companies.
“To this finish, we’re actively selling the TÜBİTAK Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem Calls. Recently, we commemorated the signing ceremony for the second personal sector name, which noticed a rise from 17 to 50 tasks.
TÜBİTAK will contribute over one million TL on this initiative. We additionally anticipate unveiling the outcomes of our forthcoming public synthetic intelligence name within the upcoming weeks. This name goals to facilitate entry to public large information for synthetic intelligence builders, thereby fostering the creation of value-added options,” he remarked.
The Ax-3 crew will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket inside a Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The crew is predicted to dock with the International Space Station on Jan.19 at 1:15 p.m.
The Turkish Space Agency (TUA) designed a particular commemorative stamp and envelope and PTT, the nationwide put up and telegraph directorate, for Türkiye’s first manned house mission, wherein Gezeravci will increase the Turkish flag in house.
The stamp options varied symbols, every with a particular that means for the necessary journey, together with a silhouette of Gezeravci with a patch of the Turkish flag on his shoulder. Türkiye chosen Gezeravci, a Turkish Air Force F-16 pilot, because the nation’s first potential house traveler final 12 months throughout the main know-how occasion TEKNOFEST.
The Turkish Space Agency was established in 2018 and introduced its house program in 2019, in addition to its intention to ship a crewed mission into house.
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