Turkey aims for moon by 2023 as UAE reaches Mars
Turkey's president announced he wants to send a spacecraft to the moon by Turkey's centennial the same day regional rival the United Arab Emirates reached Mars.
Turkey unveiled its space program and plans to go to the moon on Tuesday, the day a United Arab Emirates space probe reached Mars’ orbit.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised a lunar voyage within two years, saying, “We will go to the moon in 2023.”