Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:42pm on 24 Aug 2023,Thursday Science
India has accomplished a historic first by landing its Chandrayaan-3 mission in the unexplored south pole region of the Moon. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully soft-landed the Vikram lander on Thursday, making India only the fourth nation to achieve this milestone after the US, Russia, and China. Celebrations erupted across India as Prime Minister Modi hailed the scientists whose persistence delivered success after the crash of Chandrayaan-2 in 2019. The mission's Pragyaan rover will now study the lunar surface and send back vital data about the south pole, where landing is challenging due to uneven terrain. This breakthrough comes days after Russia's failed Luna-25 Moon landing attempt.
