{"id":26167,"date":"2024-02-10T04:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/italian-swedish-and-turkish-astronauts-land-off-floridas-coast\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T04:46:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:16:31","slug":"italian-swedish-and-turkish-astronauts-land-off-floridas-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/italian-swedish-and-turkish-astronauts-land-off-floridas-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian, Swedish and Turkish astronauts land off Florida’s coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth on Friday, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

The trio were accompanied by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that arranged the chartered flight. The crew returned in a SpaceX capsule that parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast.<\/p>\n

Turkey celebrated Alper Gezeravci\u2019s launch from Cape Canaveral last month. A former fighter pilot and captain for Turkish Airlines, he became the first person from his country to fly in space.<\/p>\n

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Gezeravci was joined on the trip by Italian Air Force Col. Walter Villadei, Sweden\u2019s Marcus Wandt, a former fighter pilot chosen as a reserve astronaut by the European Space Agency in 2022 and Michael Lopez-Alegria, their escort.<\/p>\n

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The SpaceX capsule parachuting down off Florida’s coast on Feb. 9, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> (Axiom Space via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Turkey, Italy and Sweden financed the mission, paying roughly $55 million apiece. It was Axiom\u2019s third private mission to the space station; the fourth is planned later this year.<\/p>\n

Before leaving the space station, Gezeravci thanked his country for its “bold and determined decision” to send a citizen into space as part of its 100th anniversary as a republic.<\/p>\n

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While in orbit, the astronauts conducted science experiments and chatted with schoolchildren and officials from their countries. They enjoyed a few extra days at the space station, waiting for the weather to improve in the splashdown zone.<\/p>\n

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