Scientific and Technological Research Council of The Aerospace Technologies Research Institute (UZAY) of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Axiom Space Corporation have signed an agreement in Paris for Turkish first inhabited space missionAccording to a statement by the Minister of Industry and Technology on Monday.
At the signing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kasir, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Ankara Deputy Zeynep Yıldız, CEO of The meeting was attended by Michael Sovredini, President of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), Serdar Hüseyin Yildirim, Mesut Gökten, Director of Tübitak Ozay Institute, and Director General of DeltaV Space Arif Karabioglu.
Announcement of the agreement on for him social media Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank said: “We signed a historic agreement for The first inhabited space mission to carry out in centenary of Our republic. We will cooperate with Axiom Space for Training and flight service of Turkish space the traveler who selection The process continues.”
Axiom Space will provide training and flight services to Turkey as part of this of The country’s efforts to expand its reach space Exploration capabilities and creation of a national inhabited space program. The company will also Turkish Empowerment space A traveler for a scientific procedure research in Zero Gravity environment.
filtration process of Turkish Space Traveler Project started within the scope of The national space program prepared by TUA, continues within the framework of technology direction of Tobitak Ozai.
Experimental proposals from universities and research Institutions for research to carry out in Zero Gravity environment in Earth’s orbit currently It is evaluated by a technical committee.
Axiom Space is known to be the only one full- Orbital Service mission Provider in commercial space Industry to conduct a comprehensive crew missions. Axiom range of Services include training and aviation space travelers access To train facilitators and trainers, equipment And the safety Certification and Operational Management in revolves in orbit.
to prepare for live And the work in space ambition space Travelers must complete Axiom’s months-long training curriculum. Axiom Space on On the other hand, made Agreements for inhabited missions with Italy, Hungary, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in In addition to Turkish in the conference in France.
Turkey in The search has begun for The citizen who will be sent on scientific mission in spaceas part of Nation’s ambition space program.
Turkish astronaut should Be ready at the end of The year It is expected to proceed on Flight as soon as possible first half of 2023.
The mission part of Turkish Ambition 10-year space Roadmap, unveiled year before any also includes missions to the Moon and to develop internationally applicable satellite systems.
first contact with It is planned that the moon will come true in 2023, Centenary of foundation of Republic of Turkey. The program also work imagines with else countries on building spaceport and creating a global Brand in Satellites technology.
TUA . is established in 2018 with the aim of joining a bunch of else countries with space programs.
