Axiom Mission 3

Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır has announced that the country's second astronaut, Tuva Cihangir Atasever, will embark on a suborbital research flight on June 8 from a U.S. facility.

Atasever was previously designated as the backup astronaut for the country's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı.

Türkiye's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, arrived in the country on Feb. 12, a few days after returning to Earth and completing his two-week mission in space.

Türkiye's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, who returned to Earth after a 20-day mission in space, has reunited with his family.

Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır shared the images of Gezeravcı meeting with his family on his social media account.

Türkiye's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, on Feb. 9 returned Earth after successfully concluding his 18-day mission on the International Space Station.

The Space X Dragon capsule, carrying Gezeravcı and three other accompanying astronauts, carried out a splashdown off Daytona, Florida.

After spending an extra four days in space because of stormy weather near Florida, the first all-European private astronaut mission, including fist Turkish astronaut Alper Gezeravcı, departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 7, beginning their two-day journey back to Earth.

Turkish first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı's space mission has approached its end as he and the three other astronauts from the Ax-3 team will begin their journey back to Earth with the Dragon capsule on Feb. 3.

Türkiye's first space traveler Alper Gezeravcı has executed the oxygen saturation experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the sixth in a series of 13 experiments planned for his mission.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday engaged in a video call with Türkiye's first space traveler Alper Gezeravcı after the astronaut commenced his mission following SpaceX's successful docking of the Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS).

With the successful launch of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in the U.S. state of Florida, Türkiye's first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı's Axiom-3 space mission has officially begun.

The first Turkish astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, and three other crew members blasted off on Thursday on a voyage to the International Space Station (ISS), in what President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said marked a "historic" milestone for Türkiye.