Turkey successfully tests boosting system for Moon mission
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 02:10 | 13 April 2022
- Modified Date: 02:16 | 13 April 2022
Turkey's Moon mission AYAP-1 successfully tested its hybrid boosting system (HIS), the Turkish Space Agency said Wednesday.
The boosting system was developed by a Turkish company DeltaV Space Technologies.
Turkey plans to send a rover to the moon by the end of the decade using DeltaV's rocket engine that will first fly to the moon in a test mission in 2023.