Turkish cosmonaut flew into space for the first time
- January 19, 2024
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Turkish cosmonaut Alper Gezeravcı flew into space for the first time as part of the Ax3 mission, together with Spanish, Italian and Swedish astronauts. This was reported by
Turkish cosmonaut Alper Gezeravcı flew into space for the first time as part of the Ax3 mission, together with Spanish, Italian and Swedish astronauts.
This was reported by Ukrinform vlaskor.
“My dear nation, we are witnessing a historical moment. We live in a time when our social pride is at its peak. We are entering the second century of our Republic, the century of Turkey, with the first manned space mission.” he said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
We are stepping into the second century of our Republic, the Turkish Century, with the manned spacecraft we are working on for the first time.
May God open our path and our fortune. 🚀🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/T0cU5o4pOF
— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) January 18, 2024
During the 14-day space mission, the Turkish cosmonaut will perform 13 different scientific experiments. Scientific research will be carried out in areas such as astronomy, medicine, genetics and materials science.
The spacecraft carrying Turkey’s first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı was launched from Florida, here are the images… pic.twitter.com/bnRrA1G6uK
— İhlas News Agency (@ihacomtr) January 18, 2024
The first contact with the cosmonauts occurred approximately 1.5 hours after the start of space travel.
“It was a great start, great emotions from the countdown and a great journey all the way here,” said Alper Gezeravdzhi. first video call.
Alper Gezeravcı’s first words in space were “The future is in the skies”https://t.co/yDGBPzrvhC pic.twitter.com/n6MawHok7Q
— İhlas News Agency (@ihacomtr) January 19, 2024
He also quoted Atatürk’s words: “The future is in the sky.”
According to Ukrinform’s report, 31 thousand applications were made in two days in Turkey in May last year for the cosmonaut position of the International Comedy Station.
Photo: @mfatihkacir
Source: Ukrinform
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