Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank announced the company that will train the first Turkish space traveler and provide flight services. Turkey signed a partnership with Axiom Space.
While the international space race has gained great momentum, in February of last year, in order for Turkey not to fall behind, “National Space Program“It was introduced. Within the scope of the program, 10 targets have been determined, one of which is It was the sending of a Turkish citizen into space. In order to achieve this goal, a critical announcement came today.
Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank, in the announcement he shared on his Twitter account, for the training and flight service of the Turkish space traveler, whose selection process continues. An agreement was made with Axiom Space. explained. Mustafa Varank’s sharing was as follows:
The first Turkish space traveler will be trained by Axiom Space:
What is Axiom Space?
Axiom Space, which has managed to become one of the most active names in space in recent years, was founded in 2016. Texas-based private space company has signed a cooperation with NASA. Tourist cruises to the International Space Station started doing it. The first of these journeys had been successfully accomplished in the past months.
In addition, Axiom Space came to the fore with an important collaboration just last week. NASA in Artemis space missions, where humanity aims to set foot on the Moon again that the lunar suits that the astronauts will wear will be developed and produced by Axiom Space. explained.
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