UN members Türkiye's first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı set to space travel
By Lee Kap-soo In accordance with its domestic and national development objectives, Türkiye is just hours away from embarking on its maiden space mission. Getting ready for the mission as part of Türkiye's National Space Programme led by President Erdoğan, the country is locked on 19.01.2024 at 00.49 a.m. With the Dragon spacecraft, Türkiye will send its first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, to the International Space Station at 00:49 a.m. on the night of January 18 to January 19. Space travel is one of the technologies that Türkiye aspires to develop in the field of science and technology, and th