As preparations continue for the first moon mission to take place under Turkey’s National Space Programme, announced in February 2021, the Turkish space agency recently The propulsion system of the domestic rocket that will make a hard landing on the moon had shared. Although the mission is planned to be realized in 2023, a new function came from TUA today.

In its new social media post, TUA stated that Turkey will reach the moon for the first time. The route of the vehicle used in the AYAP-1 mission. shared. The sharing also included the phases the spacecraft will go through after it lifts off from Earth. The route shared by TUA was as follows:

The route to be followed by the spacecraft to be launched in the AYAP-1 mission:

What is the purpose of the AYAP-1 mission?

Lunar missions in the years 2023 – 2028 will be conducted and named under the Lunar Research Program (AYAP). The first of these missions, AYAP-1, will be conducted with instruments such as high-resolution cameras and radiation meters in the lunar orbit of the spacecraft to be piloted. will cover information gathering. After this phase, which will last 3 months, the spacecraft will make a hard landing on the moon.