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Türkiye's second astronaut set for suborbital mission
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 1st astronaut conducts 6th experiment aboard ISS
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.
Erdoğan engages in video call with Gezeravcı aboard the ISS
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).
Türkiye celebrates as first astronaut flies into space
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.
First Turkish astronaut begins his journey to International Space Station
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.
NASA sets launch dates for Türkiye's first astronaut Gezeravcı
NASA has unveiled the launch program for Türkiye's first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, as part of the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew set to journey to the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA Moon rocket ready for second attempt at liftoff
After technical issues halted its first launch attempt, NASA will try again on Aug. 3 to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its unmanned test capsule towards the Moon.
Tourists flock to Florida for Moon rocket launch
Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji.
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule to make first of its kind science splashdown
Science returns from the space station through NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle
Historic launch pad back in service with thundering blastoff by SpaceX (PHOTOS)
SpaceX sent a cargo capsule with nearly 5,500 pounds of experiments and supplies on a three-day trip to the International Space Station on Sunday, firing the automated spaceship through low-hanging clouds and into orbit from the same launch pad where Apollo astronauts began voyages to the moon.