The Turkish Space Agency (TUA) has created a live broadcast of the departure of the Ax-3 crew, including the country's first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı, from the International Space Station (ISS) on the Dragon capsule with the narration of Tuva Cihangir Atasever.
In his post-broadcast evaluation, Atasever said that Gezeravcı's return flight to Earth, which was expected to last about 48 hours, was a “record” among previous trips in terms of duration.
Atasever emphasized that to leave the ISS it is necessary to catch the time when the weather conditions at the drop point are suitable, explaining that the return time will be determined by determining the optimal time for everyone, from the crew to NASA . Atasever said: “We can say that according to the calculations, the crew will land on Earth in the most suitable time zone,” he said.
“You will have the opportunity to watch the world from the window”
Atasever pointed out that the Ax-3 crew, including Gezeravcı, will continue to do everything they did on the ISS during this period, except for experiments, saying: “They will have meals, food and the opportunity to watching the world.” From the window, they will continue to experience microgravity, perhaps various “They spend time watching movies. Since it takes so long to return, there may be an option to connect with them for 15 minutes on the way back. as well as on the way back,” he said.
Atasever stressed that entry into the atmosphere at the end of the relevant 48-hour period is crucial, continuing:
“There will also be a critical moment when communications will be interrupted for a few minutes. The Dragon space capsule enters the atmosphere so quickly that it creates a plasma by burning the air particles around it. This negatively impacts our wireless communication technologies and eliminates our chance of communicating with the capsule. This chapter can be overcome without problems and 5 “With 5-6 kilometers remaining, the first parachutes are opened and at a distance of 2 kilometers the main parachutes are opened, causing the capsule to slow down and land on the water.
“The studies will provide information about the coming years”
Atasever recalled that Turkey entered manned space missions with 13 scientific experiments carried out on the ISS in 14 of the last 17 days, saying that they gained very valuable experience.
Explaining that various analyzes will begin on the plants studied in space after they return to Earth, Atasever said: “We will carry out the studies on biological samples such as urine, blood and saliva, the algae grown in space by Alper Gezeravcı and some alloys were collected.” whose reactions we are trying to understand will provide information about the coming years.” gave his assessment.
Atasever emphasized that they had the opportunity to explain the space mission to children and young people through the live connections they made with the ISS within the Ministry of Industry and Technology, explaining that the interest of all of them was incredibly high .
Atasever recalled that they made their last connection from Hatay and said:
“We did a live broadcast with students from secondary schools affected by the earthquake. “It is a great blessing to see the smiles on their faces every time we talk about this project, which makes them forget the trauma they have experienced and will continue to experience.” a glimmer of hope. “It gives us hope. I believe that Turkey's work in this area will continue to increase and provide an exciting adventure area in which our young people can build their future. We can’t wait to meet our young people at TEKNOFEST Adana.”
“Every mission into space is very valuable”
Stating that he will conduct seven different scientific experiments using suborbital flight with Virgin Galactic, Atasever said: “After Alper Gezeravcı has safely returned to the world, we will now focus full-time on our suborbital spaceflight studies,” said.
Atasever explained that processes such as completing the qualification processes that ensure integration with the spacecraft and studying the procedures await him.
Tuva Cihangir Atasever spoke about the contribution of his own flight to the scientific community as follows:
“We will have the opportunity to try out different devices in a microgravity environment and uncover the changes that space flight with different dynamics exerts on human physiology. Our researchers will compare the dynamics of two different flights. For us, every mission and every journey Space is very valuable. In order to derive maximum benefit from it, we will work to contribute to human space science in Turkey. After completing this mission, Turkey's manned space flight will not stop, on the contrary, it will continue with new experiments and tests. When Alper Gezeravcı returns to Earth, we will set out to share this process we are going through with all members of our nation. This is what we are going through. “We will build on the process and try to inspire our young people so that they can move our country forward.”
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