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Alper Gezeravcı responds questions that Türkiye was curious about

The first Turkish astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, responded to questions related to space from his social media account while aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Gezeravcı answered questions about how basic needs are met in space and provided information about the station.

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Q: How does having 16 nights and 16 days in a day work? Gezeravcı: Due to the speed of the ISS, the Earth completes a full rotation every 90 minutes. Consequently, regions experiencing both night and day are passed over approximately every one and a half hours. About 16 orbits are completed in 24 hours.