Turkiye successfully tests boosting system for Moon mission

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkiye'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.

Turkiye 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.