The Axiom-3 crew was joyfully welcomed to the International Space Station (ISS) by the “Expedition 70” astronauts and cosmonauts. After the welcoming ceremony, the astronauts made speeches for the world and their own countries. The astronauts were equipped with badges placed on their collars afterwards.

“I would like to express my gratitude to Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades, who established the Republic of Türkiye and entrusted it to us, to all our martyrs who died for this country, to our state with its strong will that enabled us to step here, and to our nation for providing us with these opportunities. The future is in the sky,” said the first Turkish astronaut, Alperen Gezeravcı, in Turkish.

The astronauts will conduct numerous scientific experiments focusing on human physiology and industrial developments during their time in space.