Gaziantep students win second place at NASA
GAZİANTEP
A team of private school students from the southeastern province of Gaziantep claimed second place worldwide in a NASA-organized space design competition held in Florida from July 29 to Aug. 3.
The group, named “From the Island to NASA,” consists of Gülce Erayman, Fatma Önkol, Ceylin Erayman and Benan Özcan. Following an invitation to the International Space Settlement Design Competition in November 2025, they joined a 12-person international squad to pitch a project titled “Manned Spacecraft Design for Venus.”
Despite beating out teams from 175 countries to reach the top four, the Turkish students had to participate in the U.S.-based finals online after unforeseen travel issues grounded their trip.
