Tuva Cihangir Atasever (born 12 August 1992) is the second Turkish astronaut of the Turkish Space Agency. He was a backup crew member for Axiom Mission 3, and he flew on Galactic 07 in June 2024.[1]
Atasever's mother is of Azerbaijani origin, and he carried the flags of both Turkey and Azerbaijan to space.[2] To support Palestine, he brought a keffiyeh to space and pushed for seeing the world as a single "spaceship" without nations or borders.[3]
References
- ↑ https://www.trtworld.com/content/article/turkiyes-2nd-space-traveller-on-final-virgin-galactic-suborbital-flight-18170797
- ↑ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/science-technology/turkiye-s-2nd-space-traveler-atasever-to-take-suborbital-flight-on-saturday/3242583
- ↑ "Astronot Tuva Cihangir Atasever uzay yolculuğunda yanında taşıdığı kefiyeyle Filistin'e destek mesajı verdi » Mavi Kadın" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2026-05-07.