Chandrayaan-3 was India's second try at landing near the moon's south pole, a largely uncharted region of immense interest to scientists and exploration advocates alike. The south polar region is thought to harborlarge amounts of water ice, which, if accessible, could be mined for rocket fu...
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“India Is On The Moon” Via New York Times History was made in India this past Wednesday as they became only the fourth country to ever touchdown on the moon. Chandrayaan-3 had been making its rounds in orbit around the moon since the beginning of th...
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Given that Russia had tried and failed to land the probe, Luna 25, on theMoon a few days earlier, India’s success was significant. The Russian failure has been viewed as an indication of its decline as a space power. It is prudent for ambitious governments with an eye on space...
"India is now on the moon. India has reached the south pole of the moon — no other country has achieved that. We are witnessing history." The success puts India in the league of space powers, and it's become only the fourth country to successfully land on the Moon following US, ...
India is about to make a bold attempt to land on the moon with its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft — and you can watch it live.
"Landing on the south pole (of the moon) would actually allow India to explore if there is water ice on the moon. And this is very important for cumulative data and science on the geology of the moon," said Carla Filotico, a ...
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"This is a place where nobody has gone. All the ISRO missions till now to the Moon have landed near the Moon's equator," ISRO Chairman K. Sivan was quoted as saying in an interview with English daily The Hindu. The second Moon mission's launch has been scheduled in mid-July onboard...