India lands first mission on Moon - first to reach south pole

Bengaluru, India (AFP) Aug 23, 2023 - India celebrated a historic achievement on Wednesday, becoming the first nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, merely days after a Russian probe met a fateful end in the same region. Chandrayaan-3, translating to Mooncraft in Sanskrit, touched down on the scarcely-explored lunar south pole at 6:00 pm India time (1230 GMT).

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