of bengal last month. if successful, india will also become the fourth country in the world after the us, russia and china to make a soft landing on the moon. the mission will allow experts to explore whether there is water ice on the moon which might then support human habitation there. india is hoping to avoid the disaster that struck russia s space programme last week when their luna 25 shuttle crashed into the moon s surface. the race back to the moon is a hallmark of renewed interest in space exploration among the world s major economies due to better technology, the hunt for natural resources and rising political tension at home. china and the us have both also announced their own missions to the moon s south pole with china even announcing a joint plan with russia to set up a lunar research station on the rock in 2021. meanwhile nasa has announced plans to send the first women and the first person of colour to step foot on the moon in 2025 but now suggests the da
Ambitions much further ahead. india has opened up the space sector private companies and we have seen start ups come up and an historic moment and achievement like this will bring two things onto the table. one, position india is a global space power and two, make it a credible cost competitive place on the other hand and this is something that everybody is keeping their fingers crossed that the live screenings planned across the country and prayer sessions have happened since the morning to pray for this time, which is the second attempt for india to land on the south pole, goes successfully. we will be having a special bbc news programme running as we get slightly closer to the lunchtime and you can keep up to date with all the details on the website. president putin has told the leaders of china, india, south africa and brazil that the growing influence of the brics group will lead to a multi polar world. addressing the summit
And the first person of colour to step foot on the moon in 2025 but now suggests the date of that mission may slip back. finally, there has been an increase in private and commercial space exploration with elon musk s space x testing reuseable launch vehicles. there are few laws and treaties governing space so the area is seen as ripe for exploration and exploitation. our correspondent samira hussain is at india s space agency as the countdown to the spacecraft s descent to the lunar surface gets closer. the stage is set, and even here at the media centre at isro, which is india s space agency, the excitement is palpable. everyone is waiting to see if india will be able to manage a soft landing on the moon. now, the last time the country tried this was back in 2019, and the scientists that are working here at india s
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