Four-man crew arrives at ISS with Turkey’s first astronaut
By DW
27 January 2024 |
12:58 pm
The astronauts will spend two weeks aboard the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on the human body, among other things. The mission was launched commercially by Axiom Space.
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