The first Turkish astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, who was announced to go into space with 3 astronauts from different countries within the scope of the Axiom 3 mission, was successfully launched into space.
Although the launch was successful, Alper Gezeravcı’s journey is not yet complete. Astronauts launched with the Falcon 9 rocket, next for 36 hours They will continue to orbit with the Crew Dragon capsule.
Every day for the next day and a half 1 sunrise and sunset in 90 minutes The astronauts who will live will eventually connect to the International Space Station and perform various tasks in space for 2 weeks. In addition to Gezeravcı, there are US and Spanish citizens Michael Lopez-Alegria, Italian Walter Villadei and Swedish Marcus Wandt on duty.
You can watch the entire launch broadcast of Alper Gezeravcı and other astronauts who reached orbit below.
Ax-3’s launch moment:
The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket lands again
The moment the Dragon capsule with the crew separated from the second stage of the Falcon 9
If you are wondering what Alper Gezeravcı will do during the mission:
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