ISTANBUL: The Ax-3 space mission crew, including Trkiye's first-ever space traveller Alper Gezeravci, entered the International Space Station (ISS) at 07.16 Eastern Standard Time (ET) (GMT1216) after the docking process on Saturday, Anadolu Agency rep...
ISTANBUL: The Ax-3 space mission crew, including Trkiye’s first-ever space traveller Alper Gezeravci, entered the International Space Station (ISS) at 07.16 Eastern Standard Time (ET) (GMT1216) after the docking process on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.
The mission was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, Florida at 4.49 pm ET on Thursday (2149GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket of private space exploration company SpaceX.
The Dragon capsule docked at the ISS at 05.42 am ET (1042GMT) on Saturday.
The four-person crew will conduct more than 30 scientific research during their 14-day duty on the ISS.
Source: Emirates News Agency
