Our national astronaut is going to space today! What will he do?

Turkey’s second space traveler, Tuva Cihangir Atasever, is going to space today to perform his suborbital research flight. National astronaut Atasever will be launched into space today from the Spaceport Center in the USA. So what experiments will he do in this mission? Here are the details…

National astronaut Atasever will conduct 7 separate experiments in space

National astronaut Cihangir Atasever, Turkish Space Science Mission Suborbital Research Flight This special mission, named “Virgin Galactic”, was launched from the Spaceport facility in New Mexico, USA.VSS Unity” will be carried out with the spacecraft. With this mission, a training step designed as part of the Ax-3 mission, which will start in Houston, USA in April 2023 and extend to the International Space Station (ISS), will be realized.

In addition, Atasever does not want any part of this flight. without incurring additional costs He emphasized that it will be implemented. National astronaut Atasever stated that the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TÜBİTAK UZAY and Turkish Space Agency (TUA) turned this training step into a scientific mission. They will carry out 7 different scientific experiments within the scope of this flight.

The experiments will last 3 minutes. in a microgravity environment in free fall to do. Among these experiments, 7 experiments will be carried out, from biological molecules to gene analysis, from metabolic changes to suppressor cells, from insulin pen test to radiation analysis.

He stated that they have been working on the integration of these experiments into the spacecraft for months and that he hopes that this flight will make significant contributions to space research and studies in Turkey. During the flight, Atasever was handed over to him by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at TEKNOFEST. Turkish flag along with his mother’s hometown Azerbaijan flag He will also keep it with him.

He will also take with him some small objects entrusted to him by his family and close colleagues. These iconic items will accompany him throughout his space journey. The space expedition that national astronaut Atasever will carry out today has a special importance in terms of the spacecraft on which the flight will be made. “VSS Unity”, which will make Virgin Galactic’s second space flight this year and its 12th so far, will be launched after this flight. will retire.

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