First Turkish Astronaut To Go Into Space Soon
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Abbas Ganbay Read more
Turkish Minister of industry and technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir
announced that Turkiye's first Turkish astronaut, Alper Gezeravci,
will go to space on January 18, 2024, Azernews reports.
Alper Gezeravci will participate in the space mission along with
Spanish, Italian, and Swedish astronauts.
The four-member Ax-3 crew will travel to the International Space
Station with the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the SpaceX Falcon 9
rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
The flight will take place at 02:11 on January 18, Azerbaijan
time.
Please note that Alper Gezeravci will stay on the International
Space Station for 14 days and will conduct 13 different scientific
experiments. Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir
said that one of the experiments in fields such as biology,
medicine, material science, and genetics was conducted by students
of the Mush Science and Arts Centre.
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